Man charged with second-degree murder, robbery in N.S. businessman’s death
SYDNEY, N.S. — A 28-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder and robbery with violence in the death of a prominent Nova Scotia businessman.
Jim Matthews — co-founder of a financial planning business in Halifax — was found dead at in his apartment in Sydney last Tuesday.
Cape Breton Regional Police Chief Peter McIsaac said Aaron Shaun Young of New Waterford has been charged in the 54-year-old man’s death.
Young is also facing firearms and robbery-related charges for two separate incidents in New Waterford last Monday, said McIsaac.