Jury finds former N.L. athlete not criminally responsible in murder trial
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — Former elite Newfoundland athlete Anne Norris has been found not criminally responsible in the death of 46-year-old Marcel Reardon, who was repeatedly hit in the head with a hammer.
The families of both the accused and the deceased broke down in tears as the verdict was read in provincial Supreme Court in St. John’s, N.L., on Saturday morning. Reardon’s brother stormed out of the courtroom.
Following the verdict, Norris will be placed in psychiatric care. The jury of six men and six women had been sequestered since Thursday afternoon.
Norris had pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in Reardon’s death, but admitted to repeatedly hitting him in the head with a hammer early in the morning of May 9, 2016.