By rdnewsNOW staff

Testimony resumes briefly in Red Deer murder trial

Jan 7, 2019 | 12:42 PM

Testimony resumed briefly in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench on Monday for the second-degree murder trial of a man accused in a fatal stabbing more than three years ago.

Daniel Boyd Sawyer, 34, is charged in the Nov. 18, 2015 stabbing death of Alan Beach outside the Blarney Stone pub at the Village Mall in north Red Deer.

The trial, which has seen several delays since beginning November 15, had one witness recount what she saw the night of the incident.

The woman told court she was at the pub to ‘have fun and play darts’ that evening and said she heard a commotion at the front door around 8:30 p.m. before someone yelled ‘Somebody call the cops!’

The woman testified seeing a man with a knife enter the pub with gashes to his face, ribs and legs, where he was allegedly bleeding from the most. She described the knife as being in the man’s right hand and having a six or seven inch blade.

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She also testified seeing a bleeding man enter the pub’s washroom, then come back out and hand the knife and another item she couldn’t identify to a woman with long blonde hair before he returned to the washroom.

Following the woman’s testimony, Justice Bill Hopkins dismissed the four-man, six-woman jury until Wednesday afternoon. He told them no evidence will be called that day but that he will be in a better position at that time to advise them when the matter will be able to proceed.

by rdnewsNOW staff

Testimony resumes briefly in Red Deer murder trial

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