A pre-trial hearing for a Glace Bay man charged in the death of Brett Elizabeth MacKinnon from Glace Bay is set to take place, today. 39 year-old Thomas Ted Barrett is charged with second degree murder in the case after MacKinnon’s remains were found in the Paschendaele area of Glace Bay in 2008. The 21 year-old had been reported missing in 2006. Barrett’s trial in the case is set to take place in January of next year. Barrett is also charged with second degree murder along with Morgan James MacNeil in the death of Laura Jessome from Bras d’Or. A preliminary hearing in the Jessome case is scheduled to take place in June.
