Jury begins deliberating manslaughter trial
The fate of a Delburne man charged in a fatal crash two years ago is now in the hands of a jury.
Daniel Wayne Newsham, 48, is charged with manslaughter in the August 14, 2016 crash that claimed the life of Stanley Dick, 32. Closing submissions were made Monday morning at Newsham’s trial in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench.
Justice Eric Macklin told jurors there are four possible verdicts for this case: not guilty, not guilty of manslaughter but guilty of dangerous driving causing death, not guilty of manslaughter but guilty of dangerous driving, or guilty of manslaughter.
The jury heard during the trial that Newsham and friend Karl Raniseth came across Dick near Newsham’s work compound in Delburne late that evening. Suspicious of why Dick was there, the pair tried to get the license plate number of the black Dodge Dakota he was driving when Dick fled the area. Newsham and Raniseth started following him in Newsham’s orange, lifted one-ton Dodge Ram.