A jury has been selected to hear the second degree murder trial of 31-year-old Craig Pope of St. John’s, accused in the stabbing death of 36-year-old Jonathan Collins.
Collins was found fatally wounded on Alderberry Lane in St John’s on September 7, 2017. He was rushed to hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
Fourteen jurors and two alternates were selected in St. John’s Supreme Court this morning for the trial.
Pope is being represented in court by lawyers Randy Piercey and Jon Noonan. The Crown Prosecutors are Shawn Patten and Jude Hall.
The murder trial is expected to take about a month to complete.
Testimony begins tomorrow morning.
Court has adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. @VOCMNEWS pic.twitter.com/fDLoZSF0lc
— Renell LeGrow (@renell_legrow) June 3, 2019
