Sentencing of trucker who killed Edmonton woman likely to be delayed: lawyer
Protesters show their support for Cindy Gladue, a 36-year-old woman who bled to death in an Edmonton hotel room, by participating in a rally along Edmonton s city streets on on Thursday, April 2, 2015. A lawyer says the sentencing of an Ontario trucker found guilty of killing Gladue is likely to be postponed. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Topher Seguin June 01, 2021 - 1:00 AM
EDMONTON - A lawyer says the sentencing of an Ontario trucker found guilty of killing a woman in his Edmonton hotel room is likely to be postponed.
Bradley Barton is scheduled to appear in court this morning for the sentencing hearing.
The Death Of Cindy Gladue, And The Criminal Defence Tactic That Should Alarm Every Woman in Canada
Canadian experts have noted a rise in attempts to argue that a woman s severe injuries or death resulted from consensual sexual activity. Danielle Paradis Updated
February 26, 2021
Protesters outside Edmonton’s city hall in 2015, in support of Cindy Gladue. (Photo: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Topher Seguin)
This column contains graphic descriptions of sexual violence.
In mid-February, almost 10 years after Cindy Gladue died, Bradley Barton was found guilty of manslaughter. The verdict was the culmination of a half-decade legal battle for Gladue’s mother Donna McLeod, during which she had to endure repeated and graphic descriptions of the sexual violence Gladue endured in her last hours, and her daughter’s total dehumanization by Barton and his lawyer. Lisa Weber, a Metis lawyer with close ties to the family, says they feel a mix of exhaustion and energy after the
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Protesters hold signs outside Edmonton s city hall on April 2, 2015 in support of Cindy Gladue. The 36-year-old woman was found dead in an Edmonton hotel room in 2011. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Topher Seguin February 02, 2021 - 4:47 PM
EDMONTON - A jury has heard that a man accused of killing a woman who was found dead in a bathtub in his Edmonton hotel room lied several times about knowing her and paying her for sex.
Bradley Barton, 52 and from Mississauga, Ont., testified for a second day Tuesday in his manslaughter trial.
He has pleaded not guilty to killing Cindy Gladue, a 36-year-old Metis and Cree mother, at the Yellowhead Inn in June 2011.
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Cindy Gladue s family members lead a rally on Thursday, April 2, 2015, in Edmonton following a court decision in the case of an Ontario trucker charged with killing the Indigenous woman. Bradley Barton, who faces a retrial, is accused of killing Gladue, who was found soaked in blood in an Edmonton hotel bathtub in 2011. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Topher Seguin February 01, 2021 - 4:05 PM
EDMONTON - A man accused of killing a woman in a hotel has testified that he was shocked to find her bloody and lifeless body in his room s bathtub after paying her for consensual sex.
Bradley Barton, 52, of Mississauga, Ont., has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter in the death of Cindy Gladue. The body of the 36-year-old Metis and Cree mother was discovered at Edmonton s Yellowhead Inn in June 2011.