Federal Justice Minister Orders New Trial for Two Men Convicted of Murder in 1974

Federal Justice Minister Orders New Trial for Two Men Convicted of Murder in 1974
Then-Justice Minister David Lametti speaks during a federal, provincial, and territorial ministers press conference on bail reform in Ottawa on March 10, 2023. The Canadian Press/Spencer Colby
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Federal Justice Minister David Lametti ordered a new trial Thursday for two Indigenous men who were convicted of murder by an all-white jury in Winnipeg 49 years ago.

Lametti cited unspecified new evidence in his decision to order another trial for Brian Anderson and Allan Woodhouse, who were sentenced to life in prison in the death of Ting Fong Chan, a restaurant worker who was fatally stabbed in 1973.