Two NB Men Waiting for Compensation a Month After Being Cleared of 1983 Murder

Walter Gillespie (L) and Robert Mailman pose in the south-end neighbourhood where they grew up in Saint John, N.B., on Aug. 18, 2020. The Canadian Press/Darren Calabrese

Nearly a month after two New Brunswick men had their murder convictions overturned, the province is yet to respond to a request for compensation and an apology.

New Brunswick’s Court of King’s Bench acquitted Robert Mailman and Walter Gillespie on Jan. 4 and declared the justice system had failed the men, who received life sentences in 1984 for the killing of a man in Saint John, N.B., the previous year.