The first-degree murder trial for Anthony Robert Willier has had a false start.
The trial had been set to start this week and continue for 14 days after a jury was selected on Tuesday. But B.C. Supreme Court Justice James Williams dismissed the jury this morning after receiving a doctor's letter stating Willier is suffering from a medical condition.
Willier, 22, who is charged with fatally shooting Nathan Alcide Marshall slightly more than two years ago, will now stand trial in August to give him time to deal with the condition, the details of which were not disclosed to the jury.
Marshall's body was found in the front yard of a home in the 1800 block of Hemlock Street on Feb. 17, 2010.
Twenty-seven years old at the time of his death, Marshall had been released 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.
Last week, Lawrence Timothy Gross, 28, was sentenced to 21 months in jail on six counts related to the incident. As well, Brandy Lee Sinclair, 26, was sentenced to one year probation for willfully resisting or obstructing a peace officer.
And in February, Dawn Leanne Steppler, 33, was sentence to a day in jail and three years probation on a count of break and enter with intent to commit an offence.
As many as 31 witnesses were lined up for the trial, 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.
