Alberta financial advisor denied bail in bombing death of disabled woman

CALGARY – An Alberta judge has denied bail to a man convicted in the bombing death of a disabled woman.

Brian Malley was seeking release pending an appeal of his first-degree murder conviction.

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A jury found the financial advisor guilty earlier this year of killing Victoria Shachtay, one of his clients.

The 23-year-old single mother died when she opened a bomb disguised in a gift bag that had been left at her Innisfail home in 2011.

Court of Appeal Justice Jean Cote says 57-year-old Malley has good reason to skip bail.

In addition to serving a 25-year prison sentence, Malley is facing a class-action lawsuit from former clients.

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