Kelowna
Bail sought in van Diest murder
Oct 10, 2012 / 3:00 pm
The accused murderer of an Armstrong teen only glanced at the victim’s family as he entered BC Supreme Court for a bail hearing Wednesday.
The family of 18-year-old Taylor van Diest, who was beaten on Halloween night last year while walking to a friend’s house in Armstrong, will have to wait at least another day before hearing the outcome of a bail hearing and application for venue change for the accused, 26-year-old Matthew Foerster of Cherryville.
Van Diest died in hospital following the beating.
The defence counsel has applied for a change of venue to Vancouver in the van Diest murder as well as bail.
Foerster faces a first-degree murder charge of van Diest as well as other unrelated charges, including one count of sexual assault and unlawful confinement of a Kelowna escort worker in April 12, 2005 and an assault on a Cherryville woman in 2004.
Foerster is scheduled back in BC Supreme Court in Kelowna Thursday morning.
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