Finn still wants to plead guilty to murder
Terrance Finn, accused of firstdegree murder in the shooting of his wife in the parking lot of Home Depot last month, was once again advised Wednesday to seek advice from a lawyer.
“It would be in your best interest,” Jus- tice Jennifer Broderick told Finn in Ontario Court of Justice in Peterborough on Wednesday.
His wife Sandra Finn, 70, was shot in the parking lot of the Home Depot store Aug. 22. Finn was arrested there shortly after.
Wednesday marked the 73year-old’s fourth appearance in court. He’s maintained throughout the proceedings that he wishes to move the matter along quickly.
“I’d rather get the damn, pardon my French, thing over with,” Finn said from the prisoner’s
dock.
Broderick explained that hiring a lawyer could help expedite proceedings more smoothly so the accused could make a plea if he wishes.
“I just want to plead guilty and move on with the case,” Finn said, noting he wouldn’t contest the outcome with or without a lawyer.
Broderick told Finn the matter would have to be moved to Superior Court of Justice in front of a judge that wouldn’t accept his plea at this point because Finn hasn’t had time to review the evidence against him.
Finn, of Westwood in Asphodel-Norwood Township, said he couldn’t bring the disclosure into the Central East Correctional Centre in Lindsay.
Broderick explained a lawyer could help him with that and it is one of the reasons having counsel is beneficial. The accused also stated he was having difficulty connecting with potential representation from the Lindsay superjail.
Broderick requested that court officers and duty council Sil Salvaterra help Finn contact lawyers from the Simcoe Street courthouse on Wednesday before he was returned to the superjail.
He was reminded that a court order prevents him from contacting a handful of people, including his two sons Mike and Kevin.
The order that allowed him to contact his sons through an agreed third party to discuss Finn’s estates was changed to allow Finn to contact them in regards to any of his personal finances as well as Sandra’s.
Sandra Finn was airlifted by Ornge air ambulance to Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto after the shooting but died later that day in the hospital.
Besides her two sons, the retired secretary and insurance adjuster at the former Fleetwood Canada Inc. recreational vehicle factory in Lindsay leaves behind a mother, a brother and a sister, and five grandchildren.
Finn is scheduled to return to court Sept. 20