Gabriel Wartman’s inner spouse’s brother was acquitted of providing ammunition for the deaths of 22 people in Nova Scotia.

On Monday morning, 64-year-old James Blair Vanfield entered acquittal through his lawyer Michelle James. Banfield did not appear in court.

Vanfield, along with 52-year-old Lisa Diana Vanfield and 60-year-old Brian Brewster, faces the responsibility of providing ammunition to Nova Scotia’s gunmen.

He has faced one indictment and has been accused of offering .223 Remington caliber cartridges and .40 caliber Smith and Wesson cartridges.

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Two men charged with providing ammunition and the spouse of the NS mass slaughterer

Brewster faces a one-time bill and is accused of offering a .223 Remington caliber cartridge. Lisa Vanfield has been accused of offering .223 caliber Remington cartridges, .40 caliber Smith and Wesson cartridges, and .223 caliber Remington cartridges.

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According to the RCMP’s December 2020 statement, the indictment was related to the crime of “illegally transferring ammunition between March 17 and April 18, 2020.”

In April 2020, Wartman carried out a 13-hour murder assault in rural Nova Scotia, killing 22 people and burning several homes.

According to the RCMP, the investigation concluded that former Wartman girlfriend Lisa Banfield and two men “did not have prior knowledge of the shooter’s actions on April 18 and 19”. I did.

The James Vanfield trial was scheduled for three days starting January 24, 2022, and the preliminary trial was scheduled for June 17, 2026 in the Dartmouth District Court.

— Use files from Alexander Quon.

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NS Gunman’s inner spouse brothers plead not guilty to providing ammunition