Canadian Court Rules to Return Bitcoin Wallet Involved in Case to Family of Convicted Murderer

深潮 TechFlow news, November 4: According to Decrypt, Judge John Bodurtha of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia ruled to return a laptop containing a Bitcoin wallet to the family of William Sandeson, who was sentenced to life in prison. Sandeson killed Dalhousie University student Taylor Samson in 2015; prosecutors failed to prove the Bitcoin involved was related to the murder, drug trafficking, or proceeds of crime, so the court found no basis to continue holding the wallet.

The value of the Bitcoin wallet is highly disputed. Sandeson claimed it was worth about CAD 8,000 to CAD 10,000, while the attorney representing Samson's family previously estimated that it could be worth more than CAD 200,000. The court also ruled that the CAD 5,000 in cash found in Sandeson's apartment after the crime was crime-related property and would not be returned.

Source: 深潮 TechFlow