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The Expert Witness from Uncover

S23 E8: The Trial | "The Pit"

The Expert Witness from Uncover

CBC

True Crime

4.510.9K Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

With the trial about to begin, Greg’s lawyer explains why he’s representing Greg even though he doesn’t trust or believe him. We explore which factors could decide the verdict. With Sheree still missing, her sisters ponder what they want from the trial.

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is a very strange and frustrating story to have your family members stolen and murdered then missing.

0:08.0

I'm Connie Walker and this is missing and murdered, finding Cleo.

0:13.0

It's such a mystery, such an impossible task.

0:17.0

Please, help us find him.

0:20.0

Finding Cleo.

0:22.0

If you'd like to hear more, you can find the full season wherever you get your

0:26.1

podcasts.

0:27.1

This is a CBC podcast.

0:34.0

Before you start listening, an important note about the trial that was supposed to start on March 29, 2021.

0:42.0

A few hours after we released this episode, the trial for Greg Fertuck was adjourned until

0:47.6

September. It was a last-minute decision made by the judge on a Friday, three days before the trial was supposed to start.

0:55.9

Justice Richard Danalook said in a written explanation that the trial would be postponed

1:00.8

due to the risk of COVID-19 from an outbreak in the nearby city of Regina.

1:06.4

He said there were key witnesses who would need to testify in person, not remotely,

1:11.3

to ensure a fair trial, but some of those witnesses were from Regina, and it

1:16.0

would be unsafe for them to be traveling in and out of Saskatoon.

1:20.6

The decision to adjourn was at the request of Greg Fertuck's lawyer, Morris Bodner, who you'll hear from in this episode.

1:27.0

So the trial will still take place, but not until later in the year.

1:32.0

We'll bring you more on this in the near future.

1:35.0

In the meantime, here's episode 8 of the pit.

1:40.0

So much has happened in the past six years since Sherry Fertuck went missing.

1:45.0

A huge police investigation, a murder charge laid against Sherry's estranged husband,

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