Hugh McIntosh was found guilty in 2021 of first-degree murder and attempted murder.
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January 30, 2024 - 7:00 PM
A man serving a life sentence for a first-degree murder in Kamloops is appealing his conviction this week.
Hugh Alexander McIntosh, born in 1968, was one of two men who showed up to a Brocklehurst home in 2019 looking to settle a drug debt. He was found guilty of the first-degree murder of Jason Glover and attempted murder of Kelly Callfas.
McIntosh is aiming to overturn that first-degree murder conviction during a two-day BC Court of Appeal hearing which got underway, Jan. 30.
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McIntosh was sentenced in 2021 after a month-long jury trial and is expected to spend 25 years behind bars before he's eligible for parole.
In February 2019, McIntosh and Gordon Braaten were looking for Callfas, who owed money to her supplier. She said she had been robbed earlier that month, but Braaten didn't believe her when she told them she didn't know who took $20,000 from her.
Her supplier, who was named as JD in court, was owed $12,000 of that and wanted the money.
The pair showed up at the townhouse on Feb. 15. and McIntosh was carrying the gun. Court heard they planned to intimidate Callfas. Her roommate Glover wasn't involved in her drug dealing, but he would later take a fatal gunshot to the head.
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They met in a basement bedroom of the home where McIntosh fired multiple shots.
Callfas was hit six times as she sat on her bed, taking at least one bullet to her face. Glover was shot in the back of the head and later died in hospital.
Braaten was sentenced to seven years in prison for manslaughter. He pleaded guilty to the lesser charge in May 2021. Although he didn't pull the trigger, it was Braaten who was working on JD's behalf to enforce the debt. Without him, Callfas and Glover likely would not have been shot that day.
McIntosh's appeal, which is scheduled for two days in BC's highest court, is set to conclude, Jan. 31.
It's not clear when the court will render it's decision.
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