Halifax man pleads guilty to manslaughter in 2018 drive-by shooting
A 24-year-old Halifax man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in connection with a drive-by shooting in June of 2018 that claimed the life of Jamie Lee Bishop, 21.
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Jamie Lee Bishop, 21, gunned down as he walked along side of Horne Road in Eastern Passage
Posted: May 11, 2021 10:26 AM AT | Last Updated: May 11
Rae heem Downey is shown in 2018 following an appearance in Dartmouth provincial court. (Craig Paisley/CBC)
A 24-year-old Halifax man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in connection with a drive-by shooting in June 2018 that claimed the life of Jamie Lee Bishop, 21.
Posted: Apr 26, 2021 8:13 PM AT | Last Updated: April 26
Markel Jason Downey returns to Nova Scotia Supreme Court in Halifax Thursday(CBC)
Markel Jason Downey s fate will soon be in the hands of a jury.
Downey is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Ashley Kearse MacLean and two counts of attempted murder. Closing arguments in his trial were heard Monday in Nova Scotia Supreme Court in Halifax.
The charges relate to a violent home invasion and robbery in Cole Harbour on Nov. 30, 2014, that wounded three people, including Kearse MacLean.
Her spinal cord was severed in the shooting. She spent years in a wheelchair and died in 2018, at which time the medical examiner ruled her death a homicide.
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Posted: Dec 18, 2020 12:36 PM AT | Last Updated: December 18, 2020
The effort to schedule jury trials in the Halifax area resumed Friday. (Craig Paisley/CBC)
The delicate balancing act required to schedule jury trials in the Halifax area resumed Friday.
Dozens of trials were cancelled when the COVID-19 pandemic struck in March. Since then, additional cases have made their way through the lower courts and are now awaiting scheduling as well.
Jury trials cannot be held in The Law Courts in downtown Halifax because the building does not meet pandemic restrictions on crowd sizes. Jury selection requires hundreds of people to gather.
Two alternate courtrooms are being built in the Burnside Industrial Park in Dartmouth but won t be ready until March.