Gallagher case sparks calls to protect Indigenous women

Ingrid MacColl, Megan Gallagher's mother, holds back her tears when their family talks with reporters on Friday night, Oct. 17, outside the Court of King's Bench. SASKATOON — Gasps and silent cries from relatives and friends of the late Megan Gallagher filled the courtroom’s gallery when they heard the Clerk of Court reading the 12-member jury’s guilty verdict on Roderick William Sutherland , on Friday afternoon, Oct. 17, thus ending their three-year quest for justice. Sutherland was the last of the nine persons accused who was found guilty in connection with the murder of Gallagher, who was last seen alive on Sept. 20, 2020, based on CCTV footage of a convenience store on Diefenbaker Drive. Sutherland, wearing a three-piece black suit and sitting behind his defence lawyers, stared straight with a serious face when the verdict was being read. He later looked at each of the 12 jurors when they were being asked one at a time by the Court Clerk about their decision. The prosecuti...