Painful road ahead for homeless man’s family following murder charges: pastor

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Friends and family of the late Harley Lawrence listen during an RCMP news conference in Berwick, Nova Scotia on April 25, 2014. Nova Scotia RCMP announced today that two men have been charged with first degree murder in the death of Harley Lawrence, who\'s body was discovered after the bus shelter he had been sleeping in was set on fire. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mike Dembeck.

BERWICK, N.S. – A pastor in a Nova Scotia community where a homeless man’s body was found in a burned out bus shelter last year says there is some relief in first-degree murder charges being laid in the case.

But John Andrew says there is still a painful road ahead for the family of Harley Lawrence, who died last October in Berwick, N.S.

Andrew, who is a family friend and knew Lawrence through the homeless shelter he runs in Kentville, N.S., says the healing can’t truly begin until there’s a conviction.

He says hearing the details of the case will be difficult for the entire community.

On Friday, police charged 26-year-old Daniel Wayne Surette of Berwick and 25-year-old Kyle David James Fredericks of Berwick District with first-degree murder.

Both are scheduled to appear in court Monday.

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