A Thunder Bay, Ont., man will stand trail for second degree murder in the death of an Indigenous woman who was hit by a trailer hitch in January 2017.
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Brayden Bushby was initially charged with aggravated assault in February 2017, accused of throwing a metal trailer hitch from a moving vehicle which struck 34-year-old Barbara Kentner.
Kentner was walking with her sister in a south-side Thunder Bay residential neighbourhood during the early morning hours of Jan. 29.
Kentner died in July and, in November 2017, Bushby’s charge was upgraded to second degree murder.
Justice Frank Valente presided over five days of preliminary hearings in September, 2018.
On Jan. 15, the judge was scheduled to rule whether there was enough evidence for Bushby’s case to go to trial, but he requested more time to arrive at a decision.
On Monday, January 21, Justice Valente decided there was enough evidence for Bushby’s case to stand trial on charges of second degree murder for the death of 34-year-old Kentner.