B.C. man pleads guilty to killing four people in 2019 Penticton shootings

John Brittain is escorted from the RCMP detachment in Penticton, B.C., on April 16, 2019, in this image made from video.A man has pleaded guilty to four murders last year in Penticton, B.C., telling a judge he intended to kill three of them and knew his actions would likely cause the death of another person.

John Brittain repeated “guilty” four times in B.C. Supreme Court when asked how he pleaded to three charges of first-degree murder and one count of second-degree murder. The court heard the 69-year-old man killed Rudi Winter, Barry and Susan Wonch, and Darlene Knippelberg on April 15, 2019, shooting each of them multiple times.Reading from a transcript with a police interviewer, Crown attorney Colin Forsyth said Brittain explained that the victims, who were all neighbours, had been harassing his ex-wife for years.“There didn’t appear to be a better way,” Brittain told the interviewer.

He then drove to a bank, walked to the ATM and stood behind another person in line and withdrew $200, Forsyth said.From there, Brittain drove to the home of Barry and Susan Wonch and shot them in their garage, loading a live round between each shot, he said.“Move on, police will take care of it,” the witness, who called 911, told police, Forsyth said.Forsyth said police were aware of three victims when Brittain turned himself in and that he told them of a fourth victim.

A two-day sentencing hearing has been scheduled for Brittain, who is a former employee of the City of Penticton’s engineering department.Our Morning Update and Evening Update newsletters are written by Globe editors, giving you a concise summary of the day’s most important headlines.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

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