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Two People Plead Guilty In Halifax To Murder In Death Of Loretta Saunders

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 22 Apr, 2015 12:26 PM

HALIFAX — Two people have pleaded guilty in Nova Scotia to murder in the death of Loretta Saunders, a young Inuit woman killed last year.

Blake Leggette pleaded guilty today in the province's Supreme Court to first-degree murder and will be sentenced to an automatic life sentence with no parole eligibility for 25 years.

Victoria Henneberry has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, which carries a life sentence and no parole eligibility of between 10 and 25 years.

Saunders' body was found in a wooded area off a New Brunswick highway two weeks after she disappeared from her Halifax apartment in February 2014.

The 26-year-old woman was a student at Saint Mary's University in Halifax.

The trial of Leggette and Henneberry was expected to begin today with opening arguments from the Crown after a jury was selected, more than a year after they were arrested in Ontario and brought to Nova Scotia to face the charges.

A sentencing hearing has been scheduled for next Wednesday, where victim impact statements are expected to be delivered.

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