The spouse of the gunman who killed 22 people in a horrific mass shooting that began in Portapique, N.S., will have her criminal charge resolved, clearing the way for her to testify about what she knows for the first time in a public inquiry.
Lisa Banfield appeared in Dartmouth provincial court Wednesday morning in relation to a single charge of supplying ammunition to her common-law partner, which he used in the April 2020 rampage.
Her trial had been scheduled for March 22, but on Wednesday Crown lawyer Eric Taylor said public interest would be best served by referring the case to restorative justice.
Banfield’s defence lawyer James Lockyer has
