Woman charged in Tim Bosma case in court

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Woman charged in Tim Bosma case in court
By Maryam Shah ,Toronto Sun
First posted: Monday, May 05, 2014 01:53 PM EDT | Updated: Monday, May 05, 2014 07:56 PM EDT
HAMILTON - A woman facing a charge stemming from the alleged murder of Tim Bosma will appear in court on May 22.





Bosma, 32, disappeared one year ago — last May 6 — after taking two men for a test drive in his pickup truck, which he had advertised to sell online. His charred remains were discovered on a farm outside of Kitchener eight days later.


Christina Noudga, 21, said little when she appeared briefly on a video screen in a Hamilton courtroom on Monday. She a was charged in early April with being an accessory after the fact to murder.


Bosma’s widow, Sharlene, and parents sat quietly during the proceeding.


While Sharlene Bosma did not speak with reporters on Monday, she said last August that she aims to be present for all court dates dealing with the case.


“That’s something they feel they need to do,” family friend Peter Lowe said on Monday. “As long as she can, she’ll try to be at every one.”


Dellen Millard, 28, and Mark Smich, 26, are each charged with first-degree murder in Bosma’s death.


Both men are also charged with first degree murder in the death of 23-year-old Laura Babcock, who was thought to be romantically linked to Millard.


In addition, Millard faces a charge of first-degree murder in the death of his father, Wayne Millard.


Updates from court: (Click here for a mobile-friendly version.)
Police believe the have found the remains of Tim Bosma. (Hamilton Police handout)

Woman charged in Tim Bosma case in court | Toronto & GTA | News | Toronto Sun

 

[Retired_Can_Soldier]

Absolutely perplexing. I will be watching this case with great interest.

 

[Sal]

a year has gone by 8O

wow they are both charged with Babcock's murder too, I hadn't heard that both were charged

the irony here is that a few months ago they were selling some of Millard's belongings on Kijiji

it would be interesting to know how long sales on Kijiji dipped because people were afraid to either post or go looking at merchandise

 

[taxslave]

a year has gone by 8O

wow they are both charged with Babcock's murder too, I hadn't heard that both were charged

the irony here is that a few months ago they were selling some of Millard's belongings on Kijiji

it would be interesting to know how long sales on Kijiji dipped because people were afraid to either post or go looking at merchandise

About 3seconds.

 

[Sal]

About 3seconds.

you don't think his death had any influence on their sales at all?

interesting

I would have thought in this area it would have. Maybe not.

 

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Christina Noudga smiles as she's released on $100K bail




Christina Noudga, who is charged with being an accessory after the fact in the 2013 slaying of Tim Bosma, smiled as she left a Hamilton courtroom Friday, after being released on $100,000 bail.


The 22-year-old woman from Etobicoke, Ont., will be required to wear an ankle bracelet that will track her movements, and she will be under house arrest. Noudga will be allowed outside her home to go to work or to attend school. Her parents have agreed to be responsible for the $100,000 bail amount if she defaults.


Outside the courthouse Friday afternoon, Noudga did not speak with reporters. She walked briskly to her family's van a block away, smiling at times, linked arm-in-arm with her mother with an ankle monitor tucked under her skinny jeans on her left leg.


Her lawyer, Paul Mergler, thanked the judge for granting Noudga bail and said his client hopes to resume her studies at Toronto's York University before her trial.


“She’s grateful that this phase of the ordeal is over and hopes to return to some degree of normalcy — not that there’s a lot of normalcy in a situation like this," said Mergler.


The details of her bail hearing, as well as the name of her parents who are listed as her sureties, cannot be released due to a publication ban.


Tim Bosma slaying: Christina Noudga smiles as she's released on $100K bail - Latest Hamilton news - CBC Hamilton

 

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Bosma killer's ex-girlfriend now under the microscope as her trial begins


It was when she said she had performed oral sex on a soon-to-be convicted killer on their way to move a now-infamous animal incinerator in the dead of night that she shocked the courtroom the most.

Christina Noudga said it matter of factly, eliciting murmurs from the court and looks of utter disgust from Tim Bosma's family.
That story was just one of several alibis for explaining why she had no knowledge of Bosma's murder, and the damning evidence that she was helping to move in the wake of his 2013 slaying.

​On Tuesday, the 24-year-old Toronto resident's trial on charges of being an accessory after the fact begins in front of a judge alone in Superior Court in Hamilton

Noudga was one of the most polarizing figures at the months-long Bosma trial, where she spent days in the witness box testifying about her involvement in a case that garnered widespread attention for the senseless murder of the 32-year-old husband and father from Hamilton.

On occasion, spectators in the courtroom outright laughed at her hubris, and the ridiculousness of her testimony. Noudga sometimes laughed too as she testified, leaving Bosma's family looking on, aghast.

That family will once again sit in court each day, standing witness for their dead son, husband, brother and friend.

But this time, the trial won't be about who killed Bosma — it will be about deciding whether Noudga knew about the blood on her boyfriend's hands, yet still helped him cover his tracks after Bosma was shot and killed in May 2013 for his pickup truck, and then burned in a massive animal incinerator dubbed the Eliminator.

In many ways, Noudga was the Crown's star witness — effectively handing investigators damning evidence in the form of dozens of letters that Millard sent to her from jail.

Now, with convictions secured for Millard and Smich (though both are appealing the decisions), the Crown's focus shifts to Noudga herself. Her testimony from the last trial cannot be used against her this time around, because of the Canada Evidence Act.

To hear Noudga tell it during her previous testimony, her feelings for Millard vanished after she was arrested and held in custody in April 2014.

"I got to spend four months of my life in a tiny little box, and over time I started to feel a contempt towards him ... a loathing," she said from the witness box in May.

Unlike several people connected to Millard or Smich and who testified at the last trial, Noudga showed no remorse for not going to the police and telling them what she knew after Millard's arrest.

Noudga repeatedly said she was "advised" not to go to police by a lawyer, and cited "solicitor-client privilege" for that decision. She only gave a statement once she was arrested and charged.

It's expected much of that statement will be revealed in court during her trial.

The Crown's case against Noudga centres on three main pieces of evidence: the Eliminator, a toolbox that is believed to have contained the murder weapon, and a digital video recorder that contained critical video evidence.

During questioning by the Crown, Noudga said she never asked Millard what was inside the trailer. She said they were both "extremely stoned."

That point will prove pivotal at this trial, as the Crown must prove she helped Millard even while knowing the nefarious cargo he was carrying.

The couple then drove to the farm property Millard owned in Ayr, Ont.

"It was more of a sexual expedition driving that way ... he was driving, and I was performing sexual favours to him," she testified.

The sex act she said she performed on Millard was one of the few facts Noudga said she could remember during hours of testimony at the previous trial.

Over and over, she told the Crown she couldn't remember any details about specific dates, times and conversations, only elaborating when the Crown asked her to refresh her memory from police statements and other documents.

Bosma killer's ex-girlfriend now under the microscope as her trial begins - Hamilton - CBC News