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Marissa Shephard due in court to enter plea on assault charge

The Canadian Press Published Monday, February 20, 2017 8:24AM AST

Marissa Shephard is accused of assaulting a correctional officer last July while in custody at the New Brunswick Women's Correctional Centre in Miramichi.

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A woman accused of killing a New Brunswick teenager is due in court today to enter a plea on a separate assault charge.

Marissa Shephard is accused of assaulting a correctional officer last July while in custody at the New Brunswick Women's Correctional Centre in Miramichi.

Shephard is in jail on a first-degree murder charge in the death of 18-year-old Baylee Wylie, whose body was found in a burned-out triplex in Moncton in December 2015.

Devin Morningstar was convicted of first-degree murder last November, while Tyler Noel is awaiting trial on the same charge.