News Items tag as: Steven Pirko

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.
UPDATE: Jurors to consider whether Rutland man acted to protect a friend or to kill
June 12, 2019 - 5:32 PM

KELOWNA - Was Steven Pirko drunk, scared and compelled into action to protect a friend or simply intending to kill Jan. 25, 2014 when he fatally swung a hammer at Chris Ausman's head.
'Anything can happen in Rutland' says Kelowna man on trial for 2014 murder
June 05, 2019 - 1:00 PM

KELOWNA - Anything can happen in Rutland.
'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.
Accused Rutland killer's friend claims he never saw a weapon
May 23, 2019 - 2:21 PM

KELOWNA - Steven Pirko told Mounties within a day of his 2016 arrest that he struck Christopher Ausman in the head with a hammer in defense of a long-time friend who’d picked a fight he was losing.
'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.
222: A number that tied a Kelowna murder victim to his loved ones long after he was gone
May 16, 2019 - 9:11 AM

KELOWNA - The number 222 held a lot of significance to Christopher Ausman.
Pirko tells investigators he killed Chris Ausman
May 15, 2019 - 4:17 PM

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