Dean Penney appeals conviction

Dean Penney has filed an appeal in his murder conviction on the grounds that the Mr. Big sting that ultimately caught Penney should not have been used against him.

A jury found Dean Penney guilty of first-degree murder earlier this year, and he was given a mandatory life sentence.

The RCMP arrested Penney, the estranged husband of Jennifer Hillier Penney, in 2023.

Hillier-Penney was last seen on November 30, 2016. She was reported missing from the area of Husky Drive in St. Anthony. Her body has still not been found.