Admissibility hearing underway in murder case
Joshua John McIsaac, 35, and Erica Lea Ann Blyth, 42, are set to stand trial before jury in April on joint charge of first-degree order in January 2022 death of Brandon Patrick Donelan
The tension was palpable in the main courtroom at the Burton Courthouse on Monday morning as two murder suspects and the family of the man they’re accused of killing sat silently.
Joshua John McIsaac, 35, formerly of Penniac, and Erica Lea Ann Blyth, 42, of Newcastle Creek near Chipman, both appeared in person and in custody at the rural courthouse Monday.
They’re charged jointly with first-degree murder stemming from the Jan. 28, 2022, death of Brandon Patrick Donelan, 27, in the Chipman area.
Their jury trial is scheduled to begin in late April, but the parties were in court Monday for a two-week hearing on the admissibility of evidence the Crown is seeking to call at that trial.