Woman strikes deal, agrees to testify against others accused in 2023 slaying
- Scott Newman
- Jul 10
- 1 min read
A woman who struck an agreement with prosecutors to testify against three others accused in the 2023 slaying of a Winnipeg woman pleaded guilty Wednesday to forcibly confining and assaulting the victim before her death.
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[The Accused] signed what’s known as a limited immunity agreement with the Crown’s office in exchange for her future testimony against the others charged in Hayward’s slaying, prosecutor Brent Davidson told provincial court Judge Kael McKenzie on Wednesday.
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[The Accused] was sentenced Wednesday to time served, plus three years of supervised probation, for the forcible confinement and assault charges.
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Lawyer Scott Newman, said [the Accused] has treaty status with Norway House First Nation and grew up in a home with an abusive father and a mother with addictions issues.
[The Accused] was led into a downward spiral into addictions to meth and opiates and into the city’s drug subculture, which ultimately led her to the Arlington Street drug den, said Newman.
Her lawyer said she told police she liked [the victim] and wanted to do the right thing and testify in court.
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