Posted: Dec 09, 2020 5:05 PM AT | Last Updated: December 9, 2020
Jimmy Melvin Jr. was convicted in October 2017 of attempted murder.(CBC)
Notorious Halifax crime figure Jimmy Melvin Jr. insisted Wednesday he is innocent of the charges for which he will be sentenced next month and is a victim of a loosely fabricated conspiracy attempt.
Melvin was convicted in October 2017 of attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder for an attack on Terry Marriott Jr. in 2008. Marriott survived the plot against him, but he was killed a few months later. Melvin was charged with Marriott s murder, but was acquitted.
Following his conviction on the attempted murder charge, the Crown served notice it wanted Melvin sentenced as a dangerous offender and locked up indefinitely.