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Murder trial date set

A West Kelowna man facing a second-degree murder charge will have to wait until next year to face trial – two years after the alleged crime.

Jose Amestica, 50, will face a jury selection and trial in Kelowna B.C. Supreme Court beginning May 29, 2017.

Amestica was originally charged with aggravated assault after Kevin McNally, 44, was stabbed in a home on Solar Road on April 29, 2015.

McNally succumbed to his injuries on May 2, and Amestica’s charges were upgraded.

At the time of the stabbing, police said the house and surrounding area were well known to them.

In April, Amestica was ordered to stand trial in B.C. Supreme Court on the murder charge following a preliminary inquiry.

Amestica served a six-month jail sentence in 2011, stemming from drug trafficking and breach of probation charges.



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