Accused Robert Steven Wright was somber and stoic as he pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder
On day one of perhaps the most anticipated murder trial in the history of Greater Sudbury, Robert Stephen Wright stood before Superior Court Justice Robbie D. Gordon and pleaded not guilty to killing a 23-year-old Laurentian University student in 1998.
Now 43 years old, he has been in custody since his arrest more than four years ago. He has been denied bail three times. Second degree murder is a deliberate killing that occurs without planning. It carries a minimum sentence is life with no parole for 10 years. Represented by well-known defense attorney, Michael Lacy, Wright was somber and stoic in the courtroom, wearing a wine-coloured shirt and black dress pants. Now with his head shaved and gray in his beard, the accused appeared far different from the teenager he was in 1998, when the murder occurred, but also since he was arrested in 2018.
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