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Burnaby Central Secondary dancers Daryna Lebed, left, and Melissa Nguyen bust some hiphop moves for an enthusiastic crowd at the Michael J. Fox Theatre Tuesday during Burnaby’s Got Talent. The annual student talent show, put on by the Burnaby District Student Advisory Council, featured 16 acts from all of Burnaby’s eight public high schools and raised nearly $5,000 for the Burnaby Youth Hub, a Metrotown youth centre. For a story on the competition and more photos, see page 14. PHOTO CORNELIA NAYLOR
WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE IN 11 YEARS
Woman who killed her dealer gets life By Jeremy Deutsch
jdeutsch@burnabynow.com
A woman in her 60s convicted of stabbing her friend and heroin dealer 21 times in a Burnaby apartment will spend at least the next 11 years behind bars. A jury in B.C. Supreme Court found Trudy Gail Hunter guilty of second degree murder in the death of
Christina Docherty and on Wednesday, a judge decided she wouldn’t be eligible for parole during her life sentence for 11 years. The Crown was seeking a 12.5-year minimum, while her lawyer was asking for 10 years, the same recommendation as the jury. The court heard that Hunter and Docherty, who were both 60 at the time
of the murder, were good friends, and that Hunter had purchased heroin from the victim in her Burnaby apartment for years. On Nov. 30, 2013, Hunter was in Docherty’s apartment when she stabbed her 21 times with kitchen steak knife.The victim’s body was found two days later by her daughter. During the trial, which
spanned several weeks in January and February, Crown argued Hunter went over to Docherty’s apartment to steal heroin and money. Hunter, meanwhile, testified a fight broke out after an argument, and it was Docherty who had come at her with a knife. Hunter wasn’t arrested and charged until April of 2014. At the time, court
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heard she denied killing Docherty, arguing she had no reason to kill her friend, adding she couldn’t have done it because of a right arm injury. Hunter claimed it was another customer who had attacked Docherty, and she didn’t know she died. A fingerprint and foot print indicated Hunter was at the home, however, and the Crown’s case suggest-
ed she tried to remove evidence by wiping a number of areas in the apartment covered in blood and throwing away the knife. In reading her sentence, Justice Heather Holmes also detailed the murder, noting the wound that killed Docherty was directly to the heart, also pointing out she had her throat slashed Continued on page 4
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