News Items tag as: Chris Ausman

'Beast of Rutland' facing long list of charges in wake of Kelowna murder trial
July 17, 2019 - 6:30 AM

KELOWNA - A key witness in a high profile Kelowna murder trial is now dealing with his own legal woes.
Kelowna killer has yet to be sentenced
July 02, 2019 - 12:03 PM

KELOWNA - It’s been two weeks since Steven Pirko was found guilty of second-degree murder in the 2014 death of Chris Ausman, and the courts are no closer to reaching a sentence.
Steven Pirko found guilty in 2014 Kelowna murder
June 15, 2019 - 11:03 AM

KELOWNA - Steven Pirko was found guilty of second degree murder this morning in the 2014 death of Chris Ausman.
'I was dope sick': Pirko admits to going through withdrawal during police questioning
June 04, 2019 - 11:41 AM

KELOWNA - In Steven Pirko's own words, he was "dope sick" when police questioned him about Chris Ausman's death.
UPDATE: Kelowna man was protecting friend when he fatally swung hammer
June 03, 2019 - 4:51 PM

KELOWNA - When Steven Pirko fatally swung his hammer into Chris Ausman's head, he didn't intend to kill him.
Murder trial hears Kelowna man died from skull fracture
May 29, 2019 - 2:45 PM

KELOWNA - Chris Ausman died from a skull fracture that was the likely result of blows to the head by an object consistent with a hammer, jurors in Steven Pirko’s second degree murder trial were told this week.
'I'm sorry, mom,' accused Rutland killer says
May 16, 2019 - 5:41 PM

KELOWNA - Steven Pirko collapsed into his mother’s arms and sobbed Nov. 19, 2016, just hours after he confessed to fatally attacking a man nearly three years earlier.
Pirko tells investigators he killed Chris Ausman
May 15, 2019 - 4:17 PM

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Nine months in jail for Kelowna man awaiting trial for murder
June 28, 2017 - 1:07 PM

KELOWNA – A Kelowna man awaiting trial for murder was sentenced to nine months in jail for a separate, unrelated string of thefts last year.
More charges for man accused of 2014 murder in Rutland
February 23, 2017 - 12:23 PM

KELOWNA – It took Crown three years to charge a Kelowna man with the 2014 murder of Chris Ausman and now, three months after that, they’ve added charges of theft, breaking and entering and possession of drugs.
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