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During the trial, Barton admitted he caused the injury, but said he had no idea at the time that she was hurt. Gladue bled to death from a severe wound in her vagina. Barton testified that he failed to immediately call for help because he worried his wife would find out he had paid for sex.
After six weeks of evidence and before jury deliberations even began, concerns were raised about comments reportedly made by jurors during the trial. Some of the jurors were questioned extensively by Court of Queen s Bench Justice Stephen Hillier.
The judge was told Juror No. 1 had expressed that working in the sex trade was bad and that Gladue would have lived if she had not exchanged sex for money with Barton.
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The Ontario truck driver convicted of killing an Indigenous mother of three in an Edmonton hotel room nearly a decade ago has failed in his bid for a mistrial.
In a decision delivered Friday afternoon, Justice Stephen Hillier dismissed Bradley Barton’s attempt to vacate his February conviction for manslaughter for his role in the death of Cindy Gladue.
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Gladue, 36, died in Barton’s hotel room June 22, 2011. She suffered a tear to her vaginal wall and bled to death in a bathtub.