Posted: Dec 18, 2020 12:00 PM MT | Last Updated: December 18, 2020
Justin Bennett, left, is on trial for second-degree murder in the Oct. 5, 2017, death of Ivy Wick, right, who was the daughter of his then-girlfriend Helen Wordsworth. Bennett says he s been diagnosed with COVID-19, which has delayed his trial. (Facebook, gofundme.com)
A murder trial has been derailed after staff at the Calgary Remand Centre triple-bunked inmates, mixing healthy and sick prisoners and causing the accused killer to contract COVID, according to the inmate.
Closing arguments were to take place Friday in Justin Bennett s second-degree murder trial, but to the surprise of lawyers and the judge, he was not brought to court due to the outbreak at the remand centre.