An Ontario court justice has lauded the Star for its ongoing efforts to hold police accountable in the unsolved Barry and Honey Sherman murder case but for now has closed the door to releasing more information from the homicide probe.
Justice Leslie Pringle said she is concerned that releasing additional police witness statements and theories of the case from search warrant documents would impact “the integrity of the ongoing police investigation.” In a ruling on the case, which was back in court Wednesday, Pringle said she is also concerned that to release more information would “prejudice the interests of innocent persons.” Pringle did not identify those individuals.
Previously, Pringle has allowed large swaths of information to be released, which has fuelled an ongoing investigative series in the Star that has revealed numerous problems with how the high-profile murders have been investigated. While refusing to release more, she acknowledged that considerable time has passed since the murders.
