The Ontario government is asking an appeals court to order a new murder trial for three men after a judge ordered the end to their first-degree murder case over what he called “tortuous” treatment while incarcerated.

Superior Court Justice Clayton Conlan ordered a stay last month in the first-degree murder charges against Joseph Richard Whitlock, Karn Veer Sandhu and Kulvir Bhatia.

The three men were charged in April 2023 with first-degree murder and attempted murder in connection with the August 2022 shooting death of Arman Dhillon of Oakville, Ont. A woman also suffered “life-altering” injuries during the incident.

All three men had pleaded not guilty.

In his decision last month, Conlan said the three men would no longer face trial as the treatment experienced in Maplehurst Corre

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