Following an explosion in Brandon two years ago that killed a 63-year-old woman, jury selection will begin on Monday after a man was accused of killing the woman who was his wife.
Following the Oct. 2019 explosion in Brandon's east end, Robert Hughes faces a second-degree murder charge in the death of his wife, Betty Hughes.
When emergency services arrived on the scene on October 22, 2019, they found the front of the home in ruins, with household items strewn across the front yard.
The force of the blast also caused the two side walls of the home to buckle outward.
63-year-old Betty Hughes was later found dead in the home. Her husband Robert, who was also 63 at the time, was pulled from the rubble and taken to hospital. A short time later, Robert was charged with second-degree murder.
