Melfort toddler-murder trial stayed
A trial that was set to reveal details into the death of a three-year-old from a hamlet near Nipawin has been stayed.
Shane Paschke was charged with second-degree murder about a year after the toddler, Roudy Bourque, died in December of 2012. Bourque was the son of the woman Paschke was living with at the time.
A stay of proceedings doesn’t necessarily mean a trial won’t happen, but it does mean it’s on hold at present. Commonly, the court proceedings will not resume. At present, the second-degree charge has also been stayed.
Paschke was set to head into a four-week trial in October, by judge and jury.