Three guilty of home-invasion double murder in Abbotsford, B.C.

ABBOTSFORD — Three men have been found guilty of first-degree murder in the home-invasion killings of Abbotsford, B.C., couple Arnold and Joanne De Jong.

Abhijeet Singh, Gurkaran Singh and Khushveer Toor had pleaded not guilty earlier this year, claiming there was no intent or plan to kill the couple, who were found dead in their home, bound with ropes and duct tape, in May 2022.

But British Columbia Supreme Court Justice Brenda Brown says evidence shows the three acted together to plan the murders to “eliminate” the De Jongs as witnesses to the home invasion.

Family and friends packed the courtroom and three overflow rooms were needed to accommodate them as they listened to Brown’s verdict, just shy of four years after the De Jongs were found dead.