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Man found guilty of second-degree murder

A Burns Lake-area man has been found guilty of second-degree murder. B.C.
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A Burns Lake-area man has been found guilty of second-degree murder.

B.C. Supreme Court Justice David Crossin issued the verdict Friday for Albert Giesbrecht, 68, for the May 2017 shooting death of 59-year-old Raymond Bishop in Southbank on the south side of Francois Lake.

Giesbrecht is next scheduled to appear in court in Smither on May 31 to fix a date for sentencing.