Verdict changed to manslaughter

A judge has changed his flawed murder verdict to manslaughter in the high-profile case of Travis Vader — a satisfying fix for the family of two missing seniors he was convicted of killing. Queen’s Bench Justice Denny Thomas convicted Vader in September of second-degree murder in the deaths of Lyle and Marie McCann.

In finding Vader guilty of murder, Thomas mistakenly used Section 230 of the Criminal Code, which the Supreme Court declared unconstitutional in 1990.

“I accept that it was an error,” Thomas told court Monday.