Missing witness and Reddit posts: What the Stanley trial jury didn’t hear
During a trial by jury, the media is not permitted to report on discussions that take place while the jury is absent from the courtroom. Now that the jury has begun its deliberations in the murder trial of Gerald Stanley, however, we are free to report on what jurors didn’t hear.
Eyewitness was a no-show
One of the occupants of the SUV that was carrying Colten Boushie at the time of the 22-year-old’s shooting in 2016 did not show up to court the day she was scheduled to appear as a witness.
Kiora Wuttunee, who was in a relationship with Boushie according to other testimony, was on the Crown’s witness list from the beginning of the trial. With the jury absent from the courtroom, Crown prosecutor William Burge said Wuttunee was not present, despite being personally served with a subpoena and attending the trial on previous days. Chief Justice Martel Popescul issued a warrant for Wuttunee’s arrest, though she never appeared on the witness stand.