White Murder Trial Verdict, Today

 A Supreme Court judge is scheduled to deliver a verdict today in the case of a Florence man charged with second-degree murder.

41 year-old John Patrick (Jackie) White is charged in the beating death of 60-year-old Robert Bradley in September of 2020.

The Crown called 17 witnesses during the judge alone trial along with two rebuttal witnesses.

The defence called four witnesses.

40 year-old Stephen Bishop was also charged with second-degree murder in Bradley’s death.

He pleaded guilty to the included offence of manslaughter and was sentenced to 12 years in prison.

Bobby Nock

Bobby grew up in Whycocomagh before moving to Halifax to attend university where he earned a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Journalism degree. After university, Bobby moved back to Cape Breton where he began working as a freelance journalist and has done work for both print media and as a broadcast journalist. As the News Director, Bobby Nock will get your day started by bringing you information that helps connect you to the community with all the latest in local news.

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