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William Sandeson wants his stuff back.
The 33-year-old convicted killer has filed a notice in Nova Scotia Supreme Court for the return of items seized during the investigation into the murder of Taylor Samson, who was killed in Sandeson’s Halifax apartment in August 2015.
The two men were students at Dalhousie University at the time and Sandeson was just days away from beginning his quest for a medical degree.
Sandeson was convicted of second-degree murder in February 2023, after his previous first-degree murder conviction in the case was overturned on appeal and new trial ordered.
A trove of evidence was introduced at both trials, including the nine kilograms of cannabis that Samson brought to Sandeson’s apartment the night he was killed.
In documents Sandeson filed with the court, he said he is not seeking the cannabis, or the return of the handgun he used to kill Samson. He’s also not asking for his Mazda car or the blood-stained currency that police recovered.
Sandeson is seeking the return of some items seized by police during their investigation. (Blair Rhodes/CBC)
However, Sandeson said there is other money he is entitled to, including up to $300 in American currency, which he said was seized from the safe in his bedroom.
In the affidavit accompanying his request, Sandeson wrote that “most articles of my personal property have, to varying degrees: sentimental value, monetary value, and useful value to me and/or my immediate family.”
Sandeson said the only piece of personal property that was forfeited was the Mazda. He said all his other personal property should be returnable, including items that were seized but never became court exhibits.
He said the items could be returned to members of his immediate family, including his parents and two younger brothers.
Sandeson is currently serving a life sentence at Archambault prison in Quebec.
He is also making another bid to recover a laptop commuter which contains cryptocurrency. He said in his affidavit that his family has been unable to recover a portion of that money.
The laptop has been the subject of a legal battle between Sandeson and Samson’s mother and younger brother, who filed a wrongful death suit against Sandeson.
The hearing to consider Sandeson’s bid to get his items back has been scheduled for early May.
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