News Items tag as: Cory Bird trial

'Sheer brutality' earns killer who stabbed friend 12 years
June 30, 2015 - 9:00 PM

RECEIVES SAME SENTENCE AS LAST TRIAL
Psychiatrist testifies in trial for man accused of stabbing friend 73 times
February 20, 2015 - 11:07 AM

KAMLOOPS - A psychiatrist has told a second-degree murder trial that people awakening from a deep sleep show impaired mental functions made far worse by alcohol and drugs.
Murder trial begins for Lytton man accused of stabbing friend 73 times
January 19, 2015 - 12:48 PM

KAMLOOPS – The second-degree murder charge against a Lytton man boils down to a number, according to Crown Prosecutor Frank Caputo.

“This case is about 73 stab wounds,” Caputo told the jury of eight men and four women during his opening statement in Kamloops Supreme Court today, Jan. 19.

Cory Peter Bird, born 1987, faces one count of second-degree murder in the death of Albert Michell.
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'Sheer brutality' earns killer who stabbed friend 12 years