Arthur Maloney

The defense argued that his conviction should be overturned because the crown's evidence was entirely circumstantial, but the Quebec Court of Appeal upheld the guilty verdict.

After this, defense lawyer Raymond Maheux left the case and he was replaced by a defense lawyer from Toronto named Arthur Maloney, helped by associate Francois Graval.

They applied to the Supreme Court of Canada, who refused to hear the case.

This was another huge blow for the defense.

His lawyers could gather all the new statements they wanted, but there was no straightforward way to put that fresh evidence before a court and ask for a new trial.

His new defense team tried one more approach with the Supreme Court of Canada.

The original decision not to hear Wilbert's appeal had been made by a single judge, so defense lawyer Arthur Maloney asked the other Supreme Court justices to reconsider it.

But they ruled they had no legal authority to overturn that earlier refusal.