Moncton teen shot multiple times in home invasion, Crown tells trial jury
CBC
Prosecutors in a Moncton murder trial outlined their case to the jury Tuesday, saying an 18-year-old was shot multiple times during a home invasion and robbery two years ago.
Crown prosecutor Martine Cormier laid out a "roadmap" of the evidence the 14 jurors are expected to hear over the next four weeks in the trial of Riley Robert Sheldon Phillips.
The 20-year-old is being tried by a jury in Moncton's Court of King's Bench on a charge of second-degree murder. It's alleged he killed Joedin Lloyd Leger, 18, in Moncton on April 25, 2022. Phillips pleaded not guilty to the charge Monday.
Cormier said a group of four people formed a plan to rob Leger and his girlfriend, Chantal Boudreau, of drugs, money and possibly vape products from their Logan Lane home in Moncton's suburban north end.
The Crown said Boudreau is expected to testify about waking up early on April 25, 2022, to Leger telling her to call 911 because he had been shot.
Cormier said Hunter England, Jerek England, Hayden Leblanc, Nicholas McAvoy, and a person who was 17 formed a plan to carry out the home invasion.
The youth cannot be named because of the Youth Criminal Justice Act. Cormier said the youth is expected to testify about what unfolded.
She told the jury they will hear that two members of the group asked Phillips to join them.
Cormier said Phillips was handed a loaded gun in the vehicle en route to Logan Lane and that when the group arrived, Phillips and two others left the vehicle.
The youth is expected to testify that he heard what he believed were gunshots and then saw Phillips leave the Logan Lane duplex.
Once back in the vehicle, Cormier said she expects the jury will hear Philips had an injury on one hand and that someone put a sweater on it.
She said the jury will hear that Phillips went to a hospital the day after Leger died, with an injury consistent with a gunshot wound.
A red sweater was later seized by police and that a DNA expert will testify about what was found on it, Cormier said.
After the opening statement, the Crown's first witness testified.
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