Former Vernon pharmacist to have bail hearing in March in manslaughter case

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A man charged with manslaughter in the 2018 death of a Vernon woman will have a bail hearing next month.

Shaun Ross Wiebe will appear in Vernon court on March 29.

Wiebe, 43, was arrested in January for the death of 37-year-old Heather Barker.

Barker was found, unresponsive, in her home in the Rise neighbourhood on March 15, 2018, with life-threatening injuries.

She died later that day in hospital.

Wiebe was also charged with assault causing bodily harm for a previous incident a month earlier.

Records from the College of Pharmacists of British Columbia show Wiebe had his registration suspended in 2019 due to a substance abuse problem.

He formerly operated Wiebe's Pharmacy in the Discovery Plaza in downtown Vernon.

A college inquiry committee found Wiebe suffered from a substance addiction that rendered him "unfit to practise."