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A trial date has been set for the man accused of stabbing Caesar Rosales to death on a Kelowna transit bus last year.

Tyler Jack Newton is charged with second-degree murder in the attack that killed 55-year-old Rosales, who bled to death while taking the No. 8 bus home from work on Oct. 30, 2014.

The bus was stopped behind Dilworth Shopping Centre on Baron Road at 6:30 p.m., when Rosales was stabbed without provocation and died at the scene.

Less than 24 hours after the incident, police had Newton in custody and, on Nov. 2, he had been charged.

Newton's multi-week trial will begin June 6, 2016, in B.C. Supreme Court in front of both a judge and jury.

Newton has remained in custody since his arrest.

For past Castanet stories on this case, click here.