A four-week trial for a man accused of killing four people during a mass shooting in Penticton, B.C., last year gets underway Monday.
John Brittain, 68, is charged with three counts of first-degree murder and one count of second-degree murder after a quadruple homicide in Penticton on April 15, 2019.
The victims — Rudi Winter, Barry and Susan Wonch, and Darlene Knippelberg — were all neighbours of the accused’s ex-wife.
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Police confirmed Brittain knew all of the victims but have not said what the motive for the shootings might have been.
Initially, Brittain chose to have a jury trial but changed his mind and his case will be heard by a Supreme Court judge.
— with files from Shelby Thom and Jules Knox