Man accused in B.C. school stabbing breaks silence in court
CHILLIWACK, B.C. — A man accused in a deadly stabbing at a British Columbia high school has broken his courtroom silence after rebuffing earlier attempts by court officials and lawyers to engage with him.
Gabriel Klein, 21, spoke on several occasions with B.C. Supreme Court Justice James Williams in Chilliwack on Monday when asked whether he understood the next steps in his case.
“I don’t know what that means,” Gabriel said, when told he was being sent back to B.C. Provincial Court to confirm that he had secured a lawyer to represent him.
“I want you to have a lawyer,” Williams said to him. “I’m told there’s a lawyer who’s been to meet with you and that lawyer is prepared to take your case.”