Court orders new trial for Quebec woman convicted of killing two daughters
MONTREAL — The Quebec Court of Appeal has set aside the guilty verdict of a woman convicted in 2013 of murdering her two daughters and has ordered a new trial.
Adele Sorella was convicted of first-degree murder in the 2009 deaths of nine-year-old Amanda and eight-year-old Sabrina in the family home in Laval, north of Montreal.
The trial judge in her case gave erroneous directives to the jury, the appeals court ruled Monday.
Moreover, the court ruled a video shown during the trial of Sorella’s police interrogation was prejudicial.