Home invasion manslaughter charge dropped by Crown

Shane Magee · CBC News

· Posted: Nov 07, 2025 2:55 PM EST | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

Fredericton men charged with manslaughter past period are nary longer accused of causing the decease of a antheral during a location penetration adjacent Moncton past winter.

The manslaughter complaint was among a twelve charges laid Oct. 23 against Joshua Tyler Carvell, 39, and Codi Timothy Martin, 33. It was alleged they caused the decease of Brian Johnson portion utilizing a firearm connected Feb. 6 astatine a location successful Berry Mills.

Martin and Carvell appeared successful Moncton provincial tribunal Friday by telephone from 2 abstracted prisons.

Crown authoritative Clémence Talbot asked that the manslaughter complaint and a firearm complaint beryllium withdrawn, and others charges beryllium amended. No crushed was fixed successful court.

The 2 inactive look charges alleging they committed interruption and participate with a shotgun, forcibly confined the homeowners Andrew Minifie and Brooke Minifie, attempted to bargain from the Minifies, and committed different firearms offences.

RCMP antecedently said 3 radical forced their mode into an Isaiah Road location successful Berry Mills occupied by a antheral and pistillate successful their 30s.

Police said Johnson, a 35-year-old antheral from Halifax, died aft an "altercation" successful the location with 1 of the residents. Police said helium was among the 3 who forced their mode into the home.

RCMP issued an exigency alert arsenic they searched for the different two, aboriginal describing it arsenic a "targeted incident."

RCMP charged Andrew Minifie earlier this twelvemonth with a bid of cause and weapons offences dated Feb. 8, 2 days aft the fatal location invasion.

The charges allege unsafe retention of respective firearms, possessing prohibited knives and extendable batons.

Other charges allege Minifie had firearms for a unsafe purpose. Minifie besides faces a complaint of possessing cocaine for the intent of trafficking, and different of possessing cannabis for the intent of trafficking.

There was nary further update astir the 2 who allegedly forced their mode into the location until the charges were laid against Martin and Carvell past month.

Neither Martin oregon Carvell had a lawyer contiguous Friday. The lawsuit was adjourned to Nov. 14 to springiness them clip to clasp lawyers.