The former girlfriend of one of the men convicted of killing Tim Bosma pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice in a Hamilton, Ont. court on Tuesday.
Christina Noudga, 24, of Toronto, was expected to stand trial on a charge of accessory after the fact in the murder of Bosma, a husband and father of one.
On Tuesday, Noudga pleaded guilty to one count of obstructing of justice and destroying evidence in relation to the Bosma case as she accepted a plea deal.
Bosma disappeared in May 2013, after taking two men for a test drive in a truck he was attempting to sell online. His burned remains were found more than a week later.
Last June, Noudga鈥檚 ex-boyfriend, Dellen Millard, and his co-accused Mark Smich were convicted of first-degree murder in Bosma鈥檚 death.
Noudga was charged approximately one year after Bosma鈥檚 death.
During Millard and Smich鈥檚 trial, Noudga testified she wiped her fingerprints off a trailer that contained Tim Bosma鈥檚 stolen pickup truck. Millard had parked the trailer in the driveway of his mother鈥檚 Kleinburg, Ont. home after the murder.
She told the court she wasn鈥檛 aware of what was in the trailer, but speculated that it could be Bosma鈥檚 missing truck.
During the trial, the court also heard that Noudga helped move an incinerator on Millard鈥檚 farm property from the barn to a wooded path. She told the court that she had helped move the machine because Millard told her the floor boards in the barn were becoming 鈥渃reaky.鈥�
As part of Noudga鈥檚 plea resolution, both the Crown and the defence acknowledged that there was no direct evidence that she had knowledge that Bosma had been murdered.
The Bosma family said that they feel Noudga鈥檚 guilty plea is enough to hold her accountable. They also welcomed the plea deal, as it spares them another trial after enduring Millard and Smich鈥檚 months-long murder trial earlier this year.
In court on Tuesday, Noudga was ordered to provide a DNA sample and she will have a criminal record. Due to time already served and house arrest, Noudga was sentenced to one day in jail.
Noudga left court with her lawyer, Brian Greenspan, later Tuesday morning. Greenspan declined to provide comment to reporters.
With files from CTV Toronto鈥檚 John Musselman and The Canadian Press
