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The trial for two men charged with first-degree murder in the death of Tim Bosma begins today at John Sopinka Courthouse. There was a line up to get into the courthouse this morning, as well as plenty of media presence outside.
Mark Smich entered the courtroom this morning wearing a white dress shirt and a grey sweater. Dellen Millard entered the courtroom with a grin on his face. They both plead not guilty.
Bosma’s widow Sharlene was the first person called to testify and for the first time in public Sharlene talked about the darkest day in her life, the last day she saw Tim alive.
The two men who were supposed to test drive Tim Bosma’s truck were an hour late and by 9pm he was pacing the house, wondering who comes out to test a truck at night. He asked Sharlene if he should go with the men when they came to test drive the truck. She sobbed on the stand as she recalled telling him, “yes, because we want the truck to come back.”
When two men finally arrived, they walked down the long country driveway, and Bosma told them they could have parked at the house. They said a friend dropped them off and went to Tim Hortons.
Sharlene heard part of the exchange, she and a friend who was renting the basement were in the garage. The tenant, Wayne De Boer, testified after Sharlene. Both described the two supposed car buyers, a tall thin man who did all the talking and a shorter man who wore a hoodie that covered much of his face and stayed a few feet back, silent.
The crown says it will prove that the two accused of first degree murder, Dellen Millard and Mark Smich, are those two men. Neither Sharlene Bosma or De Boer pointed them out in court, but De Boer says he and Sharlene thought the meeting was weird, so weird, that as the truck was pulling slowly out the driveway, De Boer said “that might be the last time we ever see him.”
The crown described a lot of the evidence we are expected to hear in this trial. Forensic officers found Tim Bosma’s bones and blood in a livestock incinerating machine found on Dellen Millard’s Waterloo-area farm. They found Bosma’s truck at Millard’s mother’s house, and they found Tim Bosma’s blood in and out of that truck.
This trial could take four months, it resumes tomorrow afternoon at one. Follow @CHCHNEWS & @@HefCHCHNews on Twitter for the latest updates.
