Defence says Crown suddenly dropped case against Melissa Sheridan in a murder-for-hire plot against her husband because co-accused’s accusations weren’t credible
A high-profile area murder case came to a sudden end yesterday after the Crown attorney dropped the case saying there was no reasonable possibility of conviction.
When they returned, Assistant Crown Attorney Stephanie Baker suddenly announced the case was being dropped because there was no possibility of conviction. Lacy added that he believes police should have seen through Burke’s story from the start as he “is not a credible person.” Kerry Burke claimed he had sex twice with Sheridan before she asked him to “get rid of the problem” — the “problem” being her husband — and promised him ownership of the home she owned with her husband and $10,000 in return. About a month later, Kerry and Sheridan had sex again, and that’s when he agreed to kill his brother, court heard.Kerry said after he shot and killed his brother, Sheridan picked up that rifle, and that he no longer has it.
Following her arrest, Sheridan was held in custody for more than a month before being released with bail conditions Lacy called the “most restrictive bail order that can be imagined.” Melanie Burke, Brant Brant’s oldest daughter, told Sudbury.com in May that it was “beyond frustrating” to see her uncle, Kerry Burke, plead guilty with the lesser charge of second-degree murder after being initially charged with first-degree murder.
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