Nikita Marie Dedam, 36, was originally set to stand trial last year on a charge of second-degree murder but pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter.
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The sentencing of an Esgenoôpetitj woman who admitted to fatally stabbing Christopher Dedam was delayed until January after her lawyer disagreed with an expanded statement of facts introduced at the sentencing hearing on Tuesday.
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RCMP say 34-year-old Christopher Dedam of Esgenoôpetitj First Nation was found dead at a home on Aug. 25, 2020. Nikita Dedam has been charged with second-degree murder.(Gail Harding/CBC)
An Esgenoôpetitj woman charged with second-degree murder has been given another two weeks to secure a lawyer.
Nikita Marie Dedam, 34, is charged in connection with the death of Christopher Dedam, also of Esgenoôpetitj, last August.
RCMP previously said officers were called to Esgenoôpetitj First Nation northeast of Miramichi at 10:15 a.m. on Aug. 25, 2020. Christopher Dedam, 34, was found dead at a home on Micmac Road. His death was ruled a homicide. Nikita Dedam was charged with second-degree murder on April 1.