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Alberta's top court overturns conviction for man who beat his partner to death

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Citing a legal error, a panel of three judges at Alberta’s highest court has ordered a new trial for Ryan Applegarth, a man convicted of second-degree murder six years ago for the fatal beating of Chantelle Firingstoney, his common-law wife.


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