The trial for the murder of British Columbia of an alleged contract killer heard testimonies on Monday concerning an accomplice presumed to the crime, who later became a police officer.
Brandon Teixeira pleaded not guilty to three accusations – first degree murderAttempt to murder and discharge a firearm – linked to two victims.
He is accused in the murder of Surrey in October 2017 by Nicolas Khabra, 28, and an attack on a second person who survived and whose name (as well as many other elements of the case, including several other people) is protected by a publication ban.
On Monday, the court learned that the alleged accomplice, called “Person X”, was a criminal with $ 50,000 in debt and was looking for compensation between $ 400,000 and $ 500,000 for his cooperation with the police.
On the stand, a RCMP officer told the jury that the jury X had signed a contract in 2018, a year after the khabra murder, to become an informant for the police.
This contract included a monthly allowance of $ 8,000, the more expenses, totaling half a million dollars at the end of its involvement in the case.
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In the Crown’s opening argument in the court, prosecutor Dianne Wiedemann told the jury that the person X, who was on the plot of the murder, was present when Teixeira would have shot Khabra four or five times.
Person X, she said, had planned to participate but frozen when the time comes.
The crown allegedly alleged that the two had been paid $ 160,000 for the kabra murder.
The court learned that after having concluded an agreement with the police, the person X was found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder and to have granted a five -year sentence.
During the counter-examination, the lawyer of Teixeira questioned the character of the person X, noting that he was a criminal and declared to the court that he had violated the terms of his contract with the police on several occasions.
The counter-examination is expected to continue on Tuesday. The trial began at the end of February And should last six to eight months.
– With Rumina Daya files, Global News
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