preliminary hearing wraps up Trial ordered for Red Deer County woman accused of killing husband Nov 4, 2019 10:10 AM

A Red Deer County woman accused of killing her husband has been ordered to stand trial.

A preliminary hearing was held in Red Deer last week for 37-year-old Robin Berresford, who is charged the death of Matthew Berresford, who was 36.

She was originally charged with first-degree murder. However, after the preliminary hearing wrapped up on Friday she was ordered be tried on the lesser count of manslaughter with a firearm.

Blackfalds and Red Deer RCMP responded to a disturbance at a home in Balmoral Heights in Red Deer County on Feb. 27 of this year and arrived to find a dead man inside.