FOG BLOG NB JUSTICE LOG: MARISSA SHEPHARD PLEADS GUILTY TO MANSLAUGHTER AND ARSON:

Marissa Shephard pleads guilty to manslaughter, arson...25-year-old admits role in killing 18-year-old Baylee Wylie in 2015....Marissa Shephard pleaded guilty Tuesday to manslaughter in connection with the December 2015 death of 18-year-old Baylee Wylie. (RCMP)

Marissa Shephard has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in connection with the brutal 2015 killing of Baylee Wylie in Moncton. Shephard had been set to stand trial for 12 weeks starting in August for the second time on charges of first-degree murder and arson. Her previous conviction had been overturned on appeal. Shephard pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter and the arson charge Tuesday morning before Court of Queen's Bench Justice Jean-Paul Ouellette, court records show. Shephard admitted her role in the 18-year-old's Dec. 17, 2015 death. Defence lawyer Gilles Lemieux read a statement of facts that Shephard admits. Shephard is scheduled to be sentenced on Aug. 19.