A witness testified in the second-degree murder retrial for Jonathan Massicotte that he admitted to participating in the assault on 32-year-old William Wapoose in September 2014
The 12 jurors were unable to come to a unanimous decision on a verdict in the trial against Jonathan Massicotte, who is accused in the 2014 death of 32-year-old William Wapoose
The Crown concedes there is insufficient evidence to convict Jonathan Massicotte for second-degree murder in the 2014 death of William Wapoose, but asks jury to convict on charge of manslaughter
Witness says the incident took place after he, Massicotte, and a second accused came across an intoxicated man in Chapples Park, but was questioned why he never went to police with information.
Jury selection is underway in the second-degree murder trial against Jonathan Massicotte, one of two accused in the 2014 death of William Wapoose, marking the first criminal jury trial in Thunder Bay since the start of the pandemic