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Dec 15, 2022 · A jury has found James Lee Busch, left, guilty of the first-degree murder of 60-year-old Martin Payne. Zachary Armitage, right, pleaded guilty to the same charge. (West Shore RCMP)
Dec 15, 2022 · The British Columbia Supreme Court jury in the trial of an escaped inmate accused of first-degree murder has found James Lee Busch guilty in the death of a Vancouver Island man.
Dec 16, 2022 · A B.C. Supreme Court jury found James Lee Busch guilty of first-degree murder late Wednesday. At his sentencing hearing on Thursday, Justice David Crossin called the killing cold-blooded and...
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Both Armitage and Busch are charged with first-degree murder in Payne's death. They each pleaded not guilty Monday morning as their joint trial began in Vancouver. Justice David Crossin explained that although the men are being tried together, "each is a separate person." "Guilt or innocence is personal and individual," Crossin told the jury, expla...
Payne left for work around 6:20 a.m. "After he had left for work, someone used Mr. Payne's computer," Bakken said. RCMP analyzed the computer, finding searches for "Victoria news," "William Head," "wanted individuals" and "private water taxi," as well as news articles relating to the two men. "The name "Zachary Armstrong" was also searched," Bakken...
While Payne's body was found in his home days later, his red truck was located in the community of Oak Bay the next day. Bakken said a witness saw two men park the truck. A chance encounter with a police officer led to recapture for Busch and Armitage. "On the evening of July 9th, Sgt. John Ferguson was off duty and just happened to be walking his ...
After an overview of the case, the Crown called the first witness — a woman who Armitage allegedly called from Payne's number. The woman testified that Armitage had been a friend of her husband — who is incarcerated — and they met through a prison social. Through cross-examination, she revealed that while Armitage first served as a kind of intermed...
Dec 15, 2022 · Roughly 24 hours after receiving its instructions, a jury found James Lee Busch guilty of first-degree murder in the killing of a man in his Vancouver Island home in July 2019.
Dec 14, 2022 · VANCOUVER — A British Columbia Supreme Court jury has found escaped inmate James Lee Busch guilty of the first-degree murder of a Vancouver Island man. However, what the jury didn’t know was...
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Dec 14, 2022 · The 12-member jury returned the conviction against James Lee Busch in the slaying of Martin Payne Wednesday evening at B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver after one day of deliberations.
