A Moncton man who took part in a planned home invasion and robbery that ended in the shooting death of an 18-year-old has pleaded guilty.
Jerek England pleaded guilty nearly 4 years after Joedin Leger’s death
Shane Magee · CBC News
· Posted: Feb 10, 2026 2:54 PM EST | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
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Police tape and a tent set up outside the home in Moncton’s north end where 18-year-old Joedin Leger died on April 25, 2022. (Pascal Raiche-Nogue/Radio-Canada)
A Moncton man who took part in a planned home invasion and robbery that ended in the shooting death of an 18-year-old has pleaded guilty.
Jerek John England, 27, stood in a Moncton courtroom Tuesday afternoon just days before his trial was set to start on a manslaughter charge.
“Guilty,” England said after a judge read the charges he was admitting.
He pleaded guilty to the lesser charges of conspiracy to commit robbery and to being an occupant of a motor vehicle knowing there was a restricted firearm.
England was the last of six people facing trial related to the death of Joedin Lloyd Leger on April 25,
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