Chief has counsel for bribery charge
Shelley Marie Sabattis, 56, of Welamukotuk, faces allegation she tried to pay off witness
After months of delays, the chief of the Welamukotuk (Oromocto) First Nation has finally retained counsel to represent her on a bribery charge.
Chief Shelley Marie Sabattis, 56, has been appearing regularly in Fredericton provincial court since last fall on a charge alleging she attempted to dissuade Chanel Sabattis from testifying in a trial against Winton Labelle Walter Saulis, with the intent to obstruct, pervert or defeat the course of justice, between Nov. 23 and 29, 2023.
She was charged with unrelated counts around the same time stemming from an alleged break-in and assault in her indigenous community April 29, stemming from an incident that’s been described as purported vigilantism, and she’s been represented by defence lawyer Alex Pate on those charges.