Trial date delayed by B.C. judge for man in ‘Surrey Six’ slayings
VANCOUVER — The trial of a man accused of one count of first-degree murder in an attack that left six people dead has been delayed, pushing it back more than a decade from when the slayings happened in Surrey, B.C.
Justice Kathleen Ker of the B.C. Supreme Court says it’s “completely unrealistic” for the trial of Jamie Bacon to begin on Oct. 31 as scheduled, given the considerable pre-trial work that remains to be done.
Bacon, a reputed member of the Red Scorpions gang, has been charged with conspiracy and first-degree murder for his alleged role in the October 2007 slayings, an event that became known as the Surrey Six murders.
His trial is now scheduled to begin on March 5, 2018, with jury selection taking place one month before that date.