N L travel ban turned away more than 5,000 people brandonsun.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from brandonsun.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Kenny and Lucas were sentenced to 12½ years in prison, and both men appealed the sentence.
Kenny was killed in a New Brunswick prison. Lucas s appeal was eventually rejected.
Connolly had been waiting for the outcome of Lucas s appeal before his own sentencing. Justice Donald Burrage s decision will bring to an end a high-profile criminal saga that has played out before the courts for years.
Connolly was originally charged with first-degree murder, but pleaded guilty to manslaughter, robbery and forcible confinement in 2018.
Connolly apologizes to court
In court Tuesday, he apologized for the hurt and pain he s caused.
He said the killing shook him and that it has changed him. Connolly told Burrage he hopes to get a better handle on himself as life goes on.
John Abbott, looking dapper in a $50 suit, finally sworn in as an N L MHA cbc.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cbc.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Judge dismisses Coffin s bid for recount in St. John s East-Quidi Vidi
NDP Leader Alison Coffin, who lost to Liberal John Abbott by 53 votes in March, has lost a subsequent bid to have those results overturned.
Social Sharing
CBC News · comments
NDP Leader Alison Coffin and lawyer Kyle Rees seen outside Supreme Court in St. John s Wednesday had argued unsuccessfully for a recount in the district of St. John s East-Quidi Vidi. (Patrick Butler/Radio-Canada)
There will be no vote recount for the district of St. John s-Quidi Vidi, as a judge has put an obstacle in NDP Leader Alison Coffin s bid to stay in the House of Assembly.