Why the Appeal Court ordered a new Shawn Trowbridge trial

Shawn Trowbridge is going back on trial, Ontario’s Appeal Court has ruled, this time for manslaughter.But why?Several key points in the lengthy decision, released Friday and featuring more than 20,000 words, explain the five-judge panel’s reasons for ordering a new trial on a reduced charge. BACKGROUND: THE TRIAL AND THE ACQUITTAL Trowbridge, then 54, was found not guilty by a Sarnia jury in December 2023 of first-degree murder in the death of his common-law wife, Cheryl VanHuizen,