More than a year after the Saint John police chief announced a review of his officers’ conduct in the case of two men wrongfully convicted of murder, there is no sign of the promised report.
Robert Mailman and Walter Gillespie were wrongfully convicted in 1984
The Canadian Press
· Posted: Jan 17, 2025 6:02 PM EST | Last Updated: January 17
Robert Mailman and Walter Gillespie were acquitted last January after being wrongly convicted in 1984 of second-degree murder in the death of George Leeman, whose beaten and burned body was found in the woods at Rockwood Park. (Graham Thompson/CBC)
More than a year after the Saint John police chief announced a review of his officers’ conduct in the case of two men wrongfully convicted of murder, there is no sign of the promised report.
On Jan. 12, 2024, Chief Robert Bruce said he had ordered a “comprehensive review” of the investigation that resulted in Robert Mailman and Walter Gillespie serving long prison sentences for a 1983 murder they did not commit.
The review was announced eight days after New Brunswick Court of King’s Bench Chief Justice Tracey DeWare exonerated the men and said they had been victims of a miscarriage of justice. Earlier, federal Justice Minister Arif Virani had ordered a new trial citing evidence that called into question “the overall fairness” of their prosecution.
Bruce said he had commissioned Allen Farrah,
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