Judge expected to deliver verdict in threats case involving Nelson Hart

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 18 Feb, 2015 10:21 AM

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A verdict is expected today in the case of a Newfoundland man whose murder conviction was thrown out, but who was tried for allegedly threatening prison guards and assaulting them.

Judge Lois Skanes is to deliver her verdict in provincial court after hearing the case involving Nelson Hart.

A correctional officer at Her Majesty's Penitentiary testified Tuesday that Hart seemed irate and told another guard he would stab him two years ago.

Krista Williams said Hart threw a paper plate and plastic cutlery at her and other guards after becoming agitated when guards gave him medication.

He has pleaded not guilty to uttering threats and assaulting a peace officer.

Hart has been free since the Crown decided last August it lacked enough evidence to retry him for murder in the 2002 drowning deaths of his three-year-old twin girls in Gander Lake.

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