A Stephenville man charged with a double murder in St. John’s made a second, brief appearance in provincial court this morning – albeit reluctantly.
Forty-one-year-old Matthew Delaney was arrested last Thursday night and charged with first- and second-degree murder in the stabbing deaths of two men, aged 38 and 53.
Their bodies were discovered in a home on Aldershot Street in the Rabbittown area of St. John’s on December 1.
Investigators on Aldershot Street, St. John’s (VOCM News)
Delaney was scheduled to be brought to provincial court this morning for an in-person update, but he refused to leave HMP.
After a lengthy delay, he agreed to appear by video instead, though he was only partially visible on the screen in court.
Delaney, who has a lengthy criminal record on the west coast of the island, was returned to jail pending his next appearance scheduled for January 20.
