Brandon Sun By: Drew May
The jury came down with its decision late Thursday in the faint hope parole hearing of Michael Bridges. (File)
A jury of nine women and three men has allowed convicted murderer Michael Bridges to apply for parole slightly earlier than he was originally sentenced to.
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A jury of nine women and three men has allowed convicted murderer Michael Bridges to apply for parole slightly earlier than he was originally sentenced to.
The jury found Bridges should be allowed to apply for parole in June 2026, three years earlier than the 2029 date he was originally sentenced to. The courtroom was silent when the lead juror announced the decision at the conclusion of the faint hope clause hearing.
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Brandon Sun By: Drew May
The Brandon courthouse. (FILE/The Brandon Sun)
A day that began with convicted murder Michael Bridges telling a Brandon courtroom he was experiencing “pure rage” when he killed 18-year-old Erin Chorney in 2002 ended with an emotional and tearful apology to the victim’s family members seated in the room.
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A day that began with convicted murder Michael Bridges telling a Brandon courtroom he was experiencing pure rage when he killed 18-year-old Erin Chorney in 2002 ended with an emotional and tearful apology to the victim’s family members seated in the room.
Bridges himself took to the witness stand on the fifth day of his faint hope clause hearing in Brandon Court of Queen’s Bench. Bridges was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of first-degree murder in 2005, but is asking to be allowed to apply for parole early under a now-repealed section of the Criminal Code.
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Brandon Sun By: Drew May
Brandon Sun Brandon courthouse.
Two men convicted in a 2016 robbery were each sentenced to seven years in prison on Friday afternoon.
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Two men convicted in a 2016 robbery were each sentenced to seven years in prison on Friday afternoon.
Brendan Allen, 31, and Seth Leslie, 24, were convicted in October 2020 of break and enter, robbery and mischief in an Aug. 26, 2016 incident. Both men originally pleaded not guilty in Brandon Court of Queen’s Bench.
Over multiple days of trial spread out over spring 2019 and fall 2020, the court heard Allen and Leslie, along with another co-accused, broke into a house to settle an alleged drug debt.