A verdict in Douglas Hales’ first-degree murder trial will be handed down next month.
Justice Gerald Allbright will issue a written decision Dec. 17.
Hales is accused of killing Daleen Bosse, a 25-year-old mother who was last seen in 2004 and whose body was found four years later in a rural area outside Saskatoon.
Hales confessed to the murder during a so-called Mr. Big sting in which undercover RCMP officers posed as members of a fake crime ring.
Allbright was set to rule on the case in August but a Supreme Court ruling stalled the decision.
The Supreme Court, in July, set requirements for the admissibility of evidence obtained during Mr. Big stings.
The defence pushed for a mistrial and asked for the trial to be re-opened, but Allbright dismissed both requests.
