{"id":104569,"date":"2017-05-29T23:43:01","date_gmt":"2017-05-30T03:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=104569"},"modified":"2017-05-29T23:43:01","modified_gmt":"2017-05-30T03:43:01","slug":"three-accused-of-murdering-b-c-gangster-plead-not-guilty-in-fatal-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/05\/29\/three-accused-of-murdering-b-c-gangster-plead-not-guilty-in-fatal-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Three accused of murdering B.C. gangster plead not guilty in fatal shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jason McBride, Michael Jones and Jujhar Khun-Khun also pleaded not guilty in B.C. Supreme Court on Monday to attempted murder charges and gun offences. (Photo: Peretz Partensky\/ Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

KELOWNA, B.C. \u2013 Three men accused in the brazen shooting death of gangster Jonathan Bacon have pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in a Kelowna, B.C., court.<\/p>\n

Jason McBride, Michael Jones and Jujhar Khun-Khun also pleaded not guilty in B.C. Supreme Court on Monday to attempted murder charges and gun offences.<\/p>\n

Crown prosecutor David Ruse said in his opening statement that the trio were carrying out a revenge killing when Bacon, a member of the Red Scorpion gang, was killed in a spray of bullets outside a Kelowna hotel in August 2011.<\/p>\n

Three others were injured and one person escaped serious harm.<\/p>\n

Ruse said another alleged gangster ordered the killings of two of Bacon’s associates in the same vehicle, who he blamed for the 2010 death of his brother.<\/p>\n

Court also heard on Monday from Const. Jennifer Hunter with Kelowna RCMP, who was the first police officer to respond to the fatal shooting.<\/p>\n

Hunter said she arrived to find \u201cchaos\u201d and \u201cpandemonium,\u201d with people running and screaming.<\/p>\n

The officer testified that she called dispatch asking for emergency response and reporting four people had been shot.<\/p>\n

Defence lawyers for McBride, Jones and Khun-Khun have applied for a stay of the proceedings based on long delays in getting the men to trial.<\/p>\n

The application stems from a Supreme Court of Canada ruling that said Superior Court trials should be wrapped up in 30 months from when charges were laid.<\/p>\n

The three men were arrested and charged in February 2013 and a trial originally scheduled to begin in April 2016 was delayed several times.<\/p>\n

B.C. Supreme Court Justice Allan Betton said he expects to have a decision early next week on whether the charges should be tossed, but ordered the judge-alone trial to begin in the meantime.<\/p>\n

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