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A long-delayed Kelowna murder trial will pick back up again this summer, after the accused fired her lawyers mid-trial last November.
Gabriella Sears' long-delayed murder trial continues to slowly wind its way through Kelowna court, and her new application to change her name on the court filing threatens to cause more delay.
An accused Kelowna killer is now onto her fourth lawyer after she fired her first two mid-trial last November and her next lawyer quit last month. But the murder trial, which ran for 17 days last year
The court is also looking into putting some precautionary measures in place, should the trial should derail yet again.
A judge in a Kelowna murder trial won't be able to finish the delayed trial, as she’ll be “statutorily retired” by the time the trial is expected to conclude.