Devon Larabie is charged with second degree murder in connection with the death of 22-year-old Breanna Menacho. His trial is expected to begin in the fall.
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The prosecutor argued the publication ban was necessary to protect the fair trial rights of Devon Larabie, the man accused of murdering 22-year-old Breanna Menacho. The judge wrote the prosecutor failed to show the publication ban was necessary.(Walter Strong/CBC)
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The N.W.T. Supreme Court has turned down the Crown prosecutor s request for a publication ban on details of the death of a 22-year-old woman in Yellowknife last spring.
The details emerged earlier this month during the sentencing of Jordan Nande and Lisa Brulé, both of whom pleaded guilty to being accessories after the fact in the murder of Breanna Menacho.
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CBC is challenging a publication ban the prosecutor wants on information about the death of a 22-year-old woman in Yellowknife last May. The information came out in court during the sentencing of two people who plead guilty to helping cover up the death.(Walter Strong/CBC)
Arguing for a ban on details of an alleged murder in Yellowknife, a Crown prosecutor said that publication bans are sometimes more necessary in smaller populations such as the North than they are in large southern centres.
Blair MacPherson said in Northwest Territories Supreme Court on Wednesday that the CBC had made powerful and persuasive arguments, against the ban, but added they were arguments for a southern jurisdiction . we re asking for a decision that takes into account the context here.