Justice Minister Orders New Trial for Alberta Man Convicted of Murder in 1991

Minister of Justice Attorney General of Canada Arif Virani speaks to a reporter at his office in Ottawa on Dec. 11, 2024. The Canadian Press/Spencer Colby

The federal justice minister has ordered a new trial for a man convicted of second-degree murder in Alberta more than three decades ago.

Roy Allan Sobotiak was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Susan Kaminsky, who disappeared in 1987.