WINNIPEG – A trial has started for a Manitoba man accused of killing his neighbour and leading police on a weeklong manhunt that ended in Ontario.
Eric Wildman is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Clifford Joseph, who was reported missing on June 7, 2021.
His body was later found in a rural area northeast of Winnipeg.
A Crown prosecutor has told a jury during opening arguments that they will hear evidence Joseph went to Wildman’s house with a plan to steal from him.
It’s alleged that Wildman then ran Joseph over with a car and shot him three times.
Court heard Wildman rented a car and drove to Ontario after RCMP named him as a suspect in the Joseph’s disappearance.
The trial is scheduled for five weeks in front of Court of King’s Bench Justice Richard Saull.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 15, 2023.
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