Charges dropped against 9 HMP guards accused in Jonathan Henoche death
CBC
The nine correctional officers accused of causing the death of a St. John's inmate have been cleared of almost all the charges against them.
The presiding judge made the decision not let the trial proceed.
The following guards, all employees at Her Majesty's Penitentiary, had been charged with the following in connection with the death of Jonathan Henoche:
All but one of the charges have now been dropped. One charge — failure to provide necessaries of life — is still outstanding against Thistle.
Henoche, a 33-year-old Inuk man from Nain, was in St. John's while awaiting a first-degree murder trial. He was accused of killing Regula Schule, 88, in 2016.
He died in custody on Nov. 6, 2019. After a yearlong investigation, the RNC announced on Dec. 21, 2020, that they had arrested several prison workers in relation to Henoche's death.
Henoche was being held in protective custody at Her Majesty's Penitentiary at the time of his death.
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