Thread by @LauraBrownCTV

I’m at the Grant Harvey Centre in #Fredericton for jury selection. The jury will determine if Matthew Raymond is fit to stand trial. @CTVAtlantic

Raymond is accused of killing four people in a shooting on the city’s north side in August 2018.

Jury selection is at the arena because of the large number of potential jurors called for the case.

We’re beginning with a pre-trial hearing in a dressing room of the arena. Reporters are standing at the doorway of the room, while lawyers are sitting at tables set up in a makeshift courtroom.

We’re just waiting for Justice Fred Ferguson to arrive.

Outside this makeshift courtroom, potential jurors are still lined up, well outside the doors of the arena.

Raymond has been brought into the dressing room. He’s wearing the orange jumpsuit, unshaven.

Alison Menard is here as a friend of the court. Nathan Gorham is here has Raymond’s lawyer.

Justice Ferguson has arrived.

Much of what’s being discussed is the jury process that will occur today.

And Justice Ferguson says he’s going to put a publication ban on everything said during the fitness hearing. That hearing will begin once the jurors are chosen.

Court has adjourned. Raymond has left the room.