Court Hears Details Of Mistawasis Murders
Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at 13:01
A trial continues today for a Mistawasis man accused of killing two men on the reserve back in 2006.
This morning, court heard from two officers who responded to reports of a shooting on the First Nation.
Constable Ernest Impey was stationed at the detachment in Shellbrook when the call came.
He said he went to House 58 on the reserve, where he said he encountered a car backing out of a long driveway.
After he blocked it off and talked to the two people inside, Impey said he learned that the accused, Hubert Conrad Sand, was inside the home.
He testified that he told the two people to return to the house and instruct him to come out.
Impey said that Sand eventually did, flanked by his father and aunt.
Impey also said he appeared distraught and that he found a live .303 round inside his right pocket.
He was then turned over to a junior officer to be taken back to the detachment.
Impey testified that he and some other officers then went to House 125, where they discovered the body of Dwayne Badger lying outside.
He said they also took two men into custody who had been in the bush nearby.
Constable Nathan Venne told court he then received a call from the junior officer who was driving Sand back to Shellbrook that he had come across another body.
Venne said they discovered the body of Greg Whitefish inside a car near House 71.
So far, the gallery at the courtroom has been packed with community members anxious to hear what happened.
Sand faces two counts of second-degree murder.
The trial is scheduled to hear more testimony this afternoon and is expected to last three weeks.