CP NewsAlert: China overturns death sentence for Canadian: report

By The Canadian Press

Feb 6, 2026 | 4:36 PM

OTTAWA — China’s highest court has overturned a Canadian man’s death sentence, The New York Times reports.

The newspaper says the death sentence ordered for B.C. native Robert Lloyd Schellenberg after he was convicted on drug smuggling charges in 2019 has been overturned by the Supreme People’s Court.

The decision comes just weeks after Prime Minister Mark Carney was in Beijing for meetings with President Xi Jinping and other officials.

Clémence Grevey, a spokesperson for Global Affairs Canada, told The Canadian Press the department is aware of a decision issued by the court in Schellenberg’s case.