Alberta court dismisses Brian Malley murder conviction appeal
The Alberta Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal application by Brian Malley, convicted in the bombing death of Vicky Shachtay in Innisfail in 2011.
Malley, 60, was found guilty of first-degree murder in 2015 and sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for at least 25 years.
Shachtay died instantly on Nov. 25, 2011 when a pipe bomb disguised as a Christmas present exploded. Her caregiver had brought the package into her apartment after it had been left on her doorstep.
The 23-year-old mother was paralyzed in a car crash in 2004. She was 16 and pregnant at the time. In 2007 she received a $575,000 court settlement and asked Malley, a family friend, to help her invest the money. Nearly all of the money had disappeared by April 2011.