Tyler Noel will stand trial for murder of Baylee Wylie of Moncton

Tyler Noel, 19,  has been ordered to stand trial for the murder of Baylee Wylie, plus a charge of arson in connection with the case.

A preliminary hearing for Noel ended abruptly late Thursday afternoon, after an eleventh witness finished testifying.

Defence lawyer Sylvain Pelletier then told the court he was waiving the right to cross-examine the last two scheduled witnesses, so they would not have to be called by the Crown.

The preliminary hearing was supposed to continue until Friday, but Pelletier told the court he had no issue with the matter being sent to trial.

Judge Jacques Desjardins then asked Noel to stand, and told him he was to stand trial.

Noel will be back in court Monday, July 4, when a trial date will be set.

Baylee Wylie's mother, Amanda, had been attending the preliminary hearing.

She ran out of the courtroom crying Thursday morning, and did not return during the afternoon.

Noel's family and friends filled the first row on the right side of the courtroom during Thursday afternoon's session.

The judge ordered a publication ban during the preliminary hearing, so none of the evidence can be revealed.

The ban also extended to members of the public using social media.

Violent death

The body of Wylie was discovered in a burned apartment on Sumac Street in Moncton on Dec. 17.

RCMP have described Wylie's death as extremely violent, but have not released any other details.

The Crown prosecutors for the preliminary hearing were Annie St. Jacques and Eric Lalonde.

Legal aid lawyers Sylvain Pelletier and Martin Goguen represented Noel.

Noel is one of seven people charged in connection with Wylie's death.

He was arrested on a Canada-wide warrant in Elgin on Jan. 9.

Noel, Marissa Shephard, 20, and Devin Morningstar, 18, are all charged with first-degree murder and arson.

Shephard, who was arrested on March 1, has been deemed fit to stand trial.

She remains in custody and is scheduled to return to court June 3.

Morningstar, who previously waived his right to a preliminary inquiry, is scheduled to stand trial starting on Oct. 18 with eight weeks set aside.

He also remains in custody and is scheduled to return to court on May 25.

Two men who were arrested with Noel, 20-year old Bradley Bonnell and 19-year old Zachary Holden, are accused of assisting him to evade police, and are charged with being accessories to murder after the fact.

Bonnell, who has pleaded not guilty to that and other charges, has elected to be tried by judge and jury.

Holden is scheduled to return to court on May 27.

Krystal Dawn Toole, 32, and Stephen Nagle, 22, were also both charged with being an accessory after the fact to the murder of Wylie by allegedly assisting Shephard to evade police.

Toole was ordered last week to stand trial, and elected to be tried by a judge without a jury.

A trial date will be set on June 6.

Nagle, who is the father of Shephard's young son, changed his plea to guilty on April 25 and was sentenced to nine months in jail and one year of probation.