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Court orders fouth trial for Kelly Ellard

                   
thestar.com
05-Sep-2008
        
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THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER–A B.C. Appeal Court has overturned the conviction of Kelly Ellard and ordered a fourth trial for the then-teenaged girl in the murder of 14-year-old Reena Virk. Ellard was convicted in the beating and drowning of Virk near Victoria in 1997 in a case that stunned the country because most of Virk's attackers were teenaged girls. Her lawyer argued at a hearing in May that the jury... [read full story]                    

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Kelly Ellard wins new trial in B.C.

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cbc.ca: Kelly Ellard has been granted a fourth trial on a charge of second-degree murder for killing Manjit Virk's daughter, Reena. cbc.ca

New book part of healing process: Virk's father

cbc.ca
07-Sep-2008
        

Reena Virk's body was found eight days after she was swarmed and beaten on Nov. 14, 1997. The ten-year-old murder was back in the headlines on Friday, when Kelly Ellard, who had been convicted of second-degree murder in...

                   

Indian-Canadians outraged by verdict in teenager’s murder

mumbaimirror.com
07-Sep-2008
        

The Indian-Canadian community here has been outraged by a court’s decision to overturn the life sentence of a woman convicted for brutally beating and drowning Indian origin teenager Reena Virk in 1997. The beating and...

Fourth trial in Virk killing

thestar.com
06-Sep-2008
        

'There have obviously been concerns about the quality of evidence' VANCOUVER–A fourth trial, as has been ordered in the case of Kelly Ellard, is extremely rare. Ellard, who was 15 when arrested, has been through three...

                   
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Court grants Virk killer fourth trial

canada.com
06-Sep-2008
        

'Like a very bad joke,' says victim's weary family IAN MULGREW, Canwest News Service; Vancouver Sun Published:Â 1 hour ago The B.C. Court of Appeal has ordered a fourth trial for Kelly Ellard, twice convicted of murder...

                   

Reena Virk's family stunned as 4th trial ordered for Ellard

theglobeandmail.com
06-Sep-2008
        

VANCOUVER -- More than a decade after the death of their teenage daughter - swarmed, beaten, then drowned in a savage killing that drew worldwide attention - the heartaches for the family of Reena Virk keep on coming....

                   

B.C. Appeal Court orders fourth trial in murder of 14-year-old Reena Virk

k-litefm.com
05-Sep-2008
        

By: Terri Theodore, THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER - More than a decade after the beating death of 14-year-old Reena Virk in suburban Victoria shocked the nation, the legal odyssey of one of her accused killers continues...

                   

B.C. Appeal Court orders fourth trial for Kelly Ellard in murder of 14-year-old

k-litefm.com
05-Sep-2008
        

By: Terri Theodore, THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER - On Friday, the B.C. Appeal Court overturned the conviction of Kelly Ellard and ordered a fourth murder trial. Ellard has been convicted twice and sentenced to life in...

                   

4th trial ordered in Reena Virk murder

canoe.ca
05-Sep-2008
        

By Terri Theodore, THE CANADIAN PRESS Kelly Ellard is shown in an artist`s drawing while she is on the stand at her trial at B.C. Supreme Court in 2004. On Friday, the B.C. Appeal Court overturned the conviction of Kelly...

                   

Ellard conviction overturned

theglobeandmail.com
05-Sep-2008
        

The Canadian Press September 5, 2008 at 4:27 PM EDT VANCOUVER — More than a decade after the beating death of 14-year-old Reena Virk in suburban Victoria shocked the nation, the legal odyssey of one of her accused killers...

Court orders new trial in Virk killing

moldova.org
05-Sep-2008
        

A British Columbia appeals court Friday ordered a fourth trial of Kelly Ellard for her alleged role in the November 1997 killing of 14-year-old Reena Virk.The Court of Appeal in Vancouver overturned the conviction and...

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