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On the first day of the trial for the man accused of killing Misha Pavelick nearly 20 years ago, the Crown lawyer explained how he thought the jury would be convinced of guilt.
Adam Breker said that the accused and a group of friends went out to Kinookimaw campground near Regina Beach to a large graduation party hosted by and for students from Miller Comprehensive High School. The group wasn’t invited but was allowed in anyway.
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The group included Misha’s ex and her new boyfriend, which Breker told the jury was an immediate source of tension.
When the group went back to their vehicles to get alcohol, Breker said they also armed themselves with two knives.
There were two fights that night with Misha. In the first, Breker said Misha attacked his ex’s new boyfriend with a beer bottle, which ended up with Misha on the ground being attacked by multiple people.
That fight finished, but a short time later the group went back to Misha, this time with knives, Breker said.
Breker told the jury Misha ended up on the ground in this attack, calling the assault “vicious”. He said it continued long after Misha could defend himself, and Misha was stabbed in the heart.
There are 47 witnesses expected to give evidence in the trial. Breker said the jury will hear that the accused and his cousin were the only ones attacking Misha that second time after another fight broke off. That they’ll hear the group left in a rush after the fights, and that, at that time, the accused said he’d stabbed someone too.
Breker told the jury he didn’t expect they’ll hear any witnesses say they saw someone stab Misha, but by the time they hear all the evidence they’ll be convinced the accused was the one to stab Misha.
The Crown lawyer is expected to start calling witnesses and begin going through his evidence Tuesday.
The accused in the case was 34 when he was arrested and charged in 2023, but because he was a youth at the time of the crime he cannot be named. The Crown has said previously, if the accused is found guilty, it plans to pursue an adult sentence.
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