Tim Bosma case: Lawyer who defended Justin Bieber to defend Christina Noudga

The woman who is charged as an accessory after the fact in Tim Bosma's murder has a new, extremely high profile legal team.

Brian Greenspan's firm will take over Christina Noudga's case, her former legal counsel confirmed Tuesday morning.

"I can confirm that Mr. Greenspan's firm is retained," lawyer Paul Mergler told CBC News. Mergler did not answer questions about why he is no longer representing Noudga.

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Mergler was in court advising Noudga when she testified at the Tim Bosma murder trial back in May. Both her former boyfriend, Dellen Millard, and his partner, Mark Smich, were found guilty of first-degree murder.

Requests for comment from Greenspan were not immediately returned.

Greenspan is one of Canada's preeminent criminal lawyers. He defended former corporate controller for Nortel Networks Corp. Michael Gollogly against allegations of corporate fraud.

He was also pop star Justin Bieber's lawyer when Bieber pleaded guilty to charges of careless driving and assault back in 2015.

His former clients also include model Naomi Campbell. Most recently, Greenspan defended Marco Muzzo, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in a Vaughan, Ont., crash that killed four members of the same family and seriously injured two others last year.

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Noudga's judge-alone trial is set to begin in November in Hamilton.

She was one of the Crown's most important witnesses during the Bosma trial. Millard sent her dozens of letters from jail, which were recovered and used as evidence during the trial.

The Crown alleges Noudga knowingly helped Millard clean up and move evidence after Bosma was murdered in May of 2013.