Lawyers for Winnipeg man accused of killing 4 women argue media coverage has tainted jury
The majority of the people selected to start hearing evidence in the trial of a man accused of murdering four women in Winnipeg shouldn’t be allowed to serve on the jury because they admitted they’d heard about the case before, an expert called by the accused’s defence team testified on Tuesday.
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![Jeremy Skibicki sat silently in the accused box near his lawyers on Monday during the first day of his trial in the deaths of four women in Winnipeg. Skibicki has pleaded not guilty to four counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Morgan Harris, Marcedes Myran, Rebecca Contois and a fourth unidentified woman community members named Mashkode Bizhiki'ikwe, or Buffalo Woman. A courtroom sketch shows a bald man with a beard and glasses in the accused box, sitting next to his lawyer.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7189558.1714502001!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/jeremy-skibicki-first-day-of-murder-trial-court-sketch-april-29-2024.jpg)
The majority of the people selected to start hearing evidence in the trial of a man accused of murdering four women in Winnipeg shouldn’t be allowed to serve on the jury because they admitted they’d heard about the case before, an expert called by the accused’s defence team testified on Tuesday.