The woman who admitted to helping her boyfriend kill Loretta Saunders has filed an appeal, and is now asking for legal help from the province.
Victoria Henneberry of Halifax is asking the province’s highest court to order the appointment of a lawyer to handle her appeal.
She claims she was under a great deal of stress and anxiety when she made her plea.
She’s been denied legal aid, however, and had to speak in court yesterday on her own behalf.
Justice Elizabeth Van den Eynden reserved her decision on whether to order a lawyer be appointed, saying it will come out in the next few weeks.
No dates have been set for an appeal.
Henneberry is serving a life sentence for Saunders’s murder.
She must serve 10 years before she can apply for parole.
Her then-boyfriend, 26-year-old Blake Leggette, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder, and was also sentenced to life in prison.
Story courtesy of cbc.ca