Vernon Law Courts. (Vernon Matters Staff photo)

By Liam Verster

caused death of woman

Man pleads guilty in manslaughter case

May 1, 2023 | 11:24 AM

A suspect has entered a guilty plea in a Vernon manslaughter case.

Shaun Ross Wiebe entered the plea in B.C. Supreme Court in Vernon Monday, May 1.

Wiebe, who was born in 1977, appeared by video as he was in Manitoba.

Shaun Weibe (submitted photo/Facebook)

A date for sentencing before Justice Allan Betton will be set later, with lawyers in the courtroom saying it will be during the week of June 5. Wiebe will be required to attend the one-day sentencing in person.

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With the guilty plea, Wiebe admitted to causing the death of Heather Barker, 37, who was found unresponsive in her home on Cordon Place in Vernon in March 2018. Barker was taken to Vernon Jubilee Hospital with life-threatening injuries and was later taken-off life support.

No other details about the crime were provided in court Monday.

Heather Barker died in 2018. (submitted photo)

Wiebe, a pharmacist at the time, was apprehended and charged in January 2021, nearly three years after Barker’s death.

Weibe had his pharmacist license suspended by the College of Pharmacists of B.C. in 2019 following an addiction investigation.