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'Internet Black Widow' Melissa Shepard pleads not guilty to breach charges

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 04 Aug, 2016 12:06 PM
    HALIFAX — An elderly woman who gained notoriety for killing and poisoning her intimate partners has pleaded not guilty to violating the conditions of a peace bond.
     
    Melissa Shepard, also known as the "Internet Black Widow," did not appear in Halifax provincial court Thursday, but her lawyer Mark Knox entered not guilty pleas on her behalf.
     
    Knox says the 82-year-old woman's trial has been set for Feb. 1.
     
    Shepard was charged with violating the terms of a peace bond in April after a police officer allegedly spotted her using a computer at Halifax Central Library.
     
    She is facing three counts of breaching a recognizance, including a ban on accessing the Internet.
     
    Shepard was released March 18 after having served a full sentence of just under three years for spiking newlywed husband Fred Weeks's coffee with tranquilizers in 2012.

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