Accused in Chinatown killings representing himself in separate trial on breaking and entering
CBC
The man charged in a double homicide in Edmonton's Chinatown is in court this week, representing himself in a separate charge of breaking and entering.
In July 2021, Justin Bone was arrested on accusations of breaking into and robbing a condo in the Boyle Street area.
Less than a year later, he was arrested again — just a few blocks west of the building — and charged with second-degree murder in the killings of Hung Trang and Ban Phuc Hoang.
At the time, Bone was under bail conditions related to the break-in, including staying away from Edmonton except for specific appointments. However, after the family friend housing him in Alberta Beach called police with concerns about his behaviour, Bone was dropped off in Edmonton by RCMP officers.
The trial on the murder charges was cancelled last fall after a judge concluded it wasn't ready to move ahead, with Bone repeatedly parting ways with defence lawyers.
Bone has cycled through four different lawyers. The most recent — a lawyer who had gone on the record twice to defend Bone — left the case last month, for the second time.
Bone has not yet gotten new legal representation. When he appeared in court on Monday for the trial related to the break-in, he asked for it to be adjourned, stating "I'm not qualified to run this."
Crown prosecutor Fabian Rogozinski pointed out that this is the fourth time trial dates have been set for this case. Court of King's Bench Justice Kent Teskey ruled it would go ahead.
Without defence counsel, a different lawyer has been appointed as an amicus curiae, or friend of the court, to help with the proceedings.
During the Monday trial, two witnesses identified Bone as the person behind a chaotic scene and break-in at their condo building nearly four years ago.
Ian Crichton told the court he'd seen Bone the previous day, alleging that while he was taking out his garbage, he noticed him breaking a glass door at another nearby building.
He said he later had a verbal exchange with Bone from his front yard, and Bone threw something at him — he didn't know what it was at the time. A few days later, he said he found a key that he thought might have belonged to Bone.
Crichton said the next day, he was lying on his couch in his ground-floor unit when someone suddenly opened his patio screen door.
"He said, 'I want my s--t back.' I reached for my phone to call 911, and he jumped on top of me and said, 'You're not going to call anybody.'"
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