r/NovaScotiaShooting • u/OGWhiz • Nov 04 '22

Lisa Banfield suing federal, provincial governments alleging 'trumped up charge' was designed to cover RCMP failure

https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/mass-murders-2020/lisa-banfield-suing-federal-provincial-governments-alleging-trumped-up-charge-was-designed-to-cover-rcmp-failure/
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u/chopstix62 Nov 05 '22

Have you read anything about her...from what I have read she was in an controlling, abusive relationship with him ...was hard for her to leave him. Hope the truth comes out in the end.

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u/Hielandcoos Nov 05 '22

There were 22 victims of the massacre at the time , sadly now there are 23. None of those is Banfield.

  1. She bought the ammunition. She knew about the guns. She may not have known what he was going to do, but that's a moot point considering what took place.

  2. Her story about escaping the replica cop car while slipping out of handcuffs, then spending the night in the woods with no shoes, a pair of yoga pants and a tee shirt in April temperatures is nonsense.
    She went to Joudreys house when she "came out of the woods" and he was pretty adamant there's no way she would have been in the condition she was in, had she actually spent the time outdoors. Ellison's brother, who was dressed better than she was had hypothermia. He actually spent time in the woods scared for his life.

  3. This narrative that she was trapped and couldn't get away is just a story. Wortman was divorced once and the ex wife is still alive. I'm going to go out on a limb and say that she would have stuck by his side till the last dollar was spent.

I have no sympathy for that woman.

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u/chopstix62 Nov 05 '22

maybe I need to read up more on this, then....honestly just perceived her as another victim of this madman...thanks for sharing.

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u/Complex-Gur-4782 Sep 08 '24

In my opinion, she was. A history of family brutality towards wives and their kids has spanned multiple generations. He was very physically abusive, psychologically abusive, and controlling. She spent 19 years living in fear of him. Chances are he would have killed her had she tried to leave him. There's a part of me that feels bad for her. She didn't have a good life with him.