Kelowna

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Potential jurors file into the Kelowna Law Courts Monday morning.

About 400 potential jurors filed into the Kelowna Law Courts Monday morning for selection in trials, including the Ashlee Hyatt murder trial.

A twelve-member jury, plus two alternates, will be selected through challenge for cause today in the trial of a West Kelowna teen accused of stabbing and killing 16-year-old Ashlee Hyatt at a house party in Peachland in June, 2010.

A challenge for cause selection allows for prospective jurors to be dismissed if the court finds reason to believe a person cannot be fair and unbiased in their duty.

The trial is expected to begin Wednesday.

The court has placed a publication ban on the identity of the accused, who was a minor at the time of the offence. The accused is now 18.