R. v. Victoria Henneberry s. 235 Agreed Statement of Facts

in January of 2014 Blake Leggette and Victoria Henneberry, a couple, moved to Halifax. They had
arranged to sublet a room in an apartment that was leased by Loretta Saunders. Ms. Saunders was a
student attending Saint Mary?s University. She had placed an ad on kijiji to sublet a room.

Shortly after Mr. Leggette and Ms. Henneberry moved into the apartment on Cowie Hill Road
landlord/tenancy issues arose. Also Mr. Leggette and Ms. Henneberry were having financial difficulties
and wanted to leave Halifax. Mr. Leggette planned to kill Ms. Saunders, take her car and leave the

province.

On Feb 13, 2014 at approximately 11:00 am Loretta Saunders went to her apartment on Cowie Hill Road
to collect rent from Blake Leggette and Victoria Henneberry. Ms. Saunders sat on the couch in the living
room area while waiting for her rent. Mr. Leggette and Ms. Henneberry did not have the money. Ms.
Henneberry became aware Mr. Leggette wanted to kill Ms. Saunders. Ms. Henneberry lied to Ms.
Saunders and said she had lost her bank card. Ms. Henneberry told Ms. Saunders she needed to call the
bank, keeping Ms. Saunders there. Mr. Leggette came up behind Ms. Saunders, grabbed her by the
throat and choked her. Ms. Saunders struggled and the two ended up on the floor in the adjacent dining
room. Mr. Leggette tried to strangle or suffocate Ms. Saunders with a plastic bag but Ms. Saunders was
able to tear the bag. Mr. Leggette placed three different plastic bags over her head but she managed to
tear through each. Ms. Henneberry remained during the struggle.

Mr. Leggette then hit Ms. Saunders head on the floor twice and she stopped moving. He then wrapped
her head in saran wrap. He placed her in a hockey bag belonging to Ms. Henneberry and tidied up. He
and Ms. Henneberry left the apartment to return a computer to a store to get some cash, leaving Ms.
Saunders' body in the apartment. They then returned to the apartment. Mr. Leggette carried Ms.
Saunders, in the hockey bag onto the elevator and out the front door placing Ms. Saunders in the trunk
of Ms. Saunders? car. Ms. Henneberry and Mr. Leggette packed some belongings into the car and left
Halifax, stopping along the way to purchase food and other supplies. These purchases were made with

Ms. Saunders? bank card.

During the trip lVIs. Henneberry lied to the police about her whereabouts. She also used Ms. Saunders?
phone and texted Yalcin Surkultay pretending to be Ms. Saunders.

When Mr. Leggette and Ms. Henneberry reached Salisbury N.B. they stopped on the side ofthe highway
and left Ms. Saunders? body, still in the hockey bag, in a treed area in the median. it was snowing at the

time.

Mr. Leggette and Ms. Henneberry continued on to Harrow Ontario where they stayed with a friend.
They were arrested there on Feb 18, in Ms. Saunders' car, with her id, phone and bank card.

All of Which is Agreed,
This 22 day of April, 2015.

Victoriall-lenneberry ?r?k .

Counsel for Ms. Henneberry
@5 7 Cage/f

Christine Driscoll

 

 

Senior Crown Counsel



3.x 
Sean McCarroll

 

Crown Attorney