Closing arguments pushed back in trial for man accused in Misha Pavelick's 2006 killing

Aliyah Marko-Omene · CBC News

· Posted: Nov 06, 2025 5:54 PM EST | Last Updated: November 6

Closing arguments astatine the assemblage proceedings for the antheral accused of second-degree execution successful the 2006 decease of Misha Pavelick person been pushed backmost until adjacent week.

A present 36-year-old antheral is connected proceedings astatine Court of King's Bench successful Regina, accused of fatally stabbing Pavelick, 19, astatine the Kinookimaw campground adjacent Regina Beach, northwest of Regina, connected May 21, 2006. 

The individuality of the antheral accused is protected nether the Youth Criminal Justice Act, due to the fact that helium was 17 years aged astatine the time. He has pleaded not guilty.

The Crown rested its lawsuit earlier this week, and the defence said it would not beryllium presenting evidence. 

Crown authoritative Adam Breker called connected conscionable implicit 30 witnesses implicit the people of the trial, galore of whom described a nighttime wherever guiltless drinking turned to unit during a graduation party, starring to Pavelick's stabbing death.

The assemblage was primitively acceptable to instrumentality to tribunal Thursday to perceive closing statements from Breker and defence lawyer Andrew Hitchcock, but that’s present been pushed to adjacent week. 

Justice Catherine Dawson has asked jurors to instrumentality connected Monday, erstwhile they volition perceive from some lawyers and beryllium presented with instructions earlier they statesman deliberations Wednesday.

The trial, which began connected Oct. 20, was primitively scheduled for 4 weeks.