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THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 2017. PAGE 17.
Wingham man's murder conviction overturned
By Denny Scott
The Citizen
A Wingham man convicted of
murder nearly seven years ago has
had his conviction overturned for a
lesser charge and is now a free
man.
Ron Ward was convicted of killing
Scott Hayes by pinning Hayes
against a wall with his truck
following an altercation involving
Hayes and Ward's brother in early
2010 in Wingham.
As a result of Hayes' death, Ward
was sentenced to life in prison
with no chance of parole for 14
years in September of the following
year.
Now an appeals court has ruled
that the judge presiding over the case
didn't prepare the jury to consider
Ward's actions outside the sphere of
the murder charge, meaning Ward
wasn't properly convicted. Ward's
second-degree murder charge was
overturned and replaced with a
manslaughter conviction which the
judges involved felt was served by
the nearly seven years Ward spent
incarcerated, including time before
the trial.
"We are satisfied that, although the
appellant was not properly convicted
of second degree murder, he was
properly convicted of
manslaughter," the conclusion of
Judges R.G. Juriansz, David Watt
and L.B. Roberts read. "We dismiss
the appeal from conviction,
substitute a conviction of
manslaughter in place of that second
degree murder and impose a
sentence of time served, which we
consider the functional equivalent of
a sentence of imprisonment of
[seven] years."
The conclusion states that, while
there was no realistic prospect of a
not guilty verdict based on the
situation, the jury wasn't
"adequately equipped" to determine
Ward's liability in the death of
Hayes and decide whether it was
murder or manslaughter.
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