The case involving ten correctional officers charged in the death of a Labrador man at Her Majesty’s Penitentiary was called in provincial court this morning.
None of the ten guards came to court for their first appearances today, nor did they have to.
Instead, they were all represented by different defence lawyers, most of whom joined the proceedings by teleconference before Judge Colin Flynn.
(Jonathan Henoche via Facebook)
Some 7,000 pages of documents were presented to lawyers this morning, an early sign of the complexities that will surround this case, which involves not just the guards and the victim, but the larger issue of corrections and the state of the penitentiary itself.
The 10 officers face charges ranging from criminal negligence causing death to manslaughter in connection with the death of 33-year-old Jonathan Henoche.
He died in November 2019 at the Pen while awaiting trial for the murder of 88-year-old Regula Schule of Happy Valley-Goose Bay.
The guards remain free on conditions to keep the peace, be of good behaviour, and have no contact with each other.
The case will be called again on March 11th.
