Burns Lake resident Albert Giesbrecht has pleaded not guilty to the charge of murder, in his trial that began on Jan. 14 in the B.C. Supreme Court in Smithers.
The trial is expected to run until Jan. 25, then take a break and resume for Feb. 4-22, Dan McLaughlin, communications counsel with the BC Prosecution Service told Lakes District News.
The case is being tried by a Supreme Court Judge alone.
Giesbrecht, 67, faces a first-degree murder charge in connection with the death of Raymond George Bishop, who was found dead on May 18, 2017 south of Francois Lake.
Bishop was 59 years old.
His bail release from detention in November 2017 was protested by about two dozen local residents, before he was re-arrested the next month.
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