We got a media notice from the B.C. government Thursday afternoon telling us that Jamie Bacon would be making a special court appearance Friday at 2 p.m. No other details were provided.
Maybe we’ll finally find out what’s been going on behind closed doors in the case over several months.
Bacon’s pre-trial hearings have been in-camera. The doors to the courtroom have been locked and there’s even been paper over the windows of the courtroom so snoopy reporters couldn’t look inside.
For the last couple of weeks I had been trying to get confirmation of Bacon’s trial date, but never got an answer from the spokesman for the Criminal Justice Branch – until we got this notice today.
I’ll obviously update you tomorrow when we learn what’s up.
Accused killer Jamie Bacon makes special court appearance Friday
Accused killer Jamie Bacon will make a special appearance in B.C. Supreme Court Friday afternoon.
Dan McLaughlin, who speaks for the Criminal Justice Branch, refused to say why Bacon was making the appearance.
Bacon’s trial on one count of first-degree murder and one count of conspiracy to commit murder, had been set to proceed on Oct. 31, 2016.
There have been secret pre-trial hearings in the Bacon case continuing for months behind locked doors at the Vancouver Law Courts.
The former Abbotsford gangster was charged in April 2009 in the murder of gang rival Corey Lal, who was shot to death along with five others on Oct. 19, 2007 in a Surrey highrise.
Two of the victims — Chris Mohan and Ed Schellenberg — were uninvolved bystanders who got caught in the slaughter.
Mohan’s mother Eileen said Thursday that she had been informed by Crown about the special appearance but did not know what was going to happen.
“I will be in court to find out,” said Mohan.
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Chris Mohan
Also killed that day were Lal’s brother Michael and associates Ryan Bartolomeo and Eddie Narong.
Less than a year ago, a gangster originally charged with manslaughter in the case, Sophon Sek, pleaded guilty only to break and enter and was sentenced to less than a year in jail. The manslaughter charge was dropped.
Sek helped the Surrey Six killers access the apartment where the murders took place.
Sek was a friend Red Scorpion gang leader Michael Le, who also struck a plea deal earlier in the case.
Le pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit murder and was sentenced to 12 years, minus time-served.
In December 2014, Bacon associates Cody Haevischer and Matthew Johnston were found guilty of first-degree murder sentenced to life in prison. They have appealed their convictions.
Another gangster involved in the murders, who can only be identified as Person X, continues to serve a life sentence with no possibility of parole for 15 years after pleading guilty to three counts of second-degree murder in April 2009.
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