Trial begins in Saskatoon for 2 accused of 1st-degree murder in 2020 death of Megan Gallagher
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A trial begins Monday morning at Saskatoon Court of King's Bench for two women charged with first-degree murder in the 2020 death of Megan Gallagher.
Summer Sky-Henry and Cheyann Peeteetuce are both charged with first-degree murder. They have pleaded not guilty.
Gallagher, 30, was last seen alive leaving her friend's house on Sept. 19, 2020. She was captured on a surveillance video at a convenience store in Saskatoon the next day.
Two years later, her body was found in the South Saskatchewan River.
Sky-Henry and Peeteetuce are among the nine people eventually charged in connection with Gallagher's death — four with murder.
Robert Thomas was sentenced in December to life in prison with no chance of parole for 18 years after pleading guilty to second-degree murder.
Roderick Sutherland, also charged with first-degree murder, is scheduled to stand trial in the fall of this year.
During Thomas's sentencing, Justice Daryl Labach issued a publication ban on the proceedings, including details of the case, sentencing arguments and victim impact statements, which he said was to ensure a fair trial for the other accused.
Sky-Henry and Peeteetuce will stand trial simultaneously before Justice Richard Danyliuk during the judge-alone trial, which is slated to last 39 days.
The Crown has indicated the pair will be formally arraigned, and then there will be pre-trial applications around disclosure and search warrants.
Evidence and witnesses should be called at the end of the month.
In addition to Sky-Henry, Peeteetuce, Thomas and Roderick Sutherland, five others were charged in connection with Gallagher's death:
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