NANAIMO, B.C. – The B.C. man accused of murdering two former colleagues at a Vancouver Island mill in 2014 has been found guilty on all four charges on Wednesday afternoon.
B.C. Supreme Court in Nanaimo heard that 50-year-old Kevin Addison allegedly used a sawed-off shotgun to kill two men and injure two others on April 30, 2014 at the city’s Western Forest Products mill, where he used to work.
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Addison faced two counts each of first-degree murder and attempted murder in the attack that killed Michael Lunn and Fred McEachern.
Addison is also charged with attempted murder in the wounding of Tony Sudar and Earl Kelly.
The Crown has argued that Addison was motivated by revenge after he was laid off in 2008 and not rehired two years later.
Addison’s defence lawyer said his client’s violent actions were the result of his severe depression but that he never intended to kill anyone and should be found guilty of manslaughter instead.
The jury began deliberating Tuesday afternoon after the judge reviewed the arguments made over the course of the three-week trial.
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