Straight to trial for two men charged with murder in death of Tim Bosma
Posted Jul 16, 2014 03:05:13 PM.
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Two men charged in the death of a Hamilton man, who disappeared after taking a pair of prospective buyers on a test drive, are headed straight to trial on first-degree murder charges.
Dellen Millard and Mark Smich are accused of killing Tim Bosma, whose remains were found about a week after he vanished on May 6, 2013 burned beyond recognition at a North Dumfries Township farm belonging to Millard on Roseville Road.
Ravin Pillay, one of Millard’s lawyers, says that the Crown is proceeding by direct indictment in the case, a rare move that means there will be no preliminary inquiry.
Preliminary hearings are held to test evidence and determine whether there is enough to commit the case to trial.
Millard and Smich are also charged in Toronto with first-degree murder in the death of Laura Babcock, with whom Millard was romantically linked, and Millard is also charged with first-degree murder in the death of his father.
Pillay wouldn’t say if the direct indictment in the Bosma case affects the Toronto cases.
