Todd Joseph Gallant was arrested earlier this year, with Charlottetown Police saying DNA evidence collected at the crime scene in 1988 pointed to him. Now his lawyer plans to challenge that evidence.

The lawyer representing Todd Joseph Gallant says he intends to challenge the admissibility of DNA evidence that police have called key to laying charges in the killing of Byron Carr 36 years ago.

Dickey also noted that he expects to get his own experts and challenge the admissibility of the evidence. “And then we would have our experts,” he said. “We would have experts take a look at ...