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Murder trial to start Wednesday

A B.C. Supreme Court trial will start tomorrow morning for Anthony Robert Willier, accused of first-degree murder, after a jury of six men and six women was selected at the Prince George courthouse today.

A B.C. Supreme Court trial will start tomorrow morning for Anthony Robert Willier, accused of first-degree murder, after a jury of six men and six women was selected at the Prince George courthouse today.

Willier is facing the charge in relation in the shooting death of Nathan Alcide Marshall whose body was found in the front yard of a 1800 block of Hemlock Street on Feb. 17 2010.

Marshall had been released a few days on bail a few days before his death after he was arrested in connection with a Jan. 4, 2010 invasion of a home in the the 2600 block of Quince Street.

The jury plus two alternates were selected from more than 160 people called in for the selection process.

Justice James Williams told the jury they can expected to sit through 14 court days of testimony.

As many as 31 witnesses will be called, about half of them police and several of them undercover officers.

A ban on publication of any information identifying the undercover officers has been imposed.

Prosecuting lawyers are Oleh Kuzma and Siobhan Greenfield and the defence lawyer is Keith Aartsen.