Trial Date Set in Jessome Murder Case

by Bobby NockJuly 30, 2015

A trial date has been set for two Glace Bay men charged with second degree murder in the death of Laura Jessome from Bras d’Or.

40 year-old Thomas Ted Barrett and 24 year-old Morgan James MacNeil are due to stand trial beginning on Sept. 12^th of next year.

The trial is scheduled to run three weeks.

Jessome’s body was found in a hockey bag along the shores of the Mira River in May of 2012.

The trial will be Barrett’s second on a murder charge in 2016.

He’s also scheduled to stand trial beginning on Jan. 18^th on a charge of second- degree murder in connection with the death of Brett Elizabeth McKinnon from Glace Bay.

She was reported missing in 2006 and her skeletal remains were found in the Passchendaele area of Glace Bay in 2008.

Both Barrett and Morgan are currently serving time for unrelated offences.

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.

View all posts by Bobby Nock →