Man to be sentenced Feb. 3 for killing police officer in Abbotsford
Credit to Author: The Canadian Press| Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2020 20:35:17 +0000
NEW WESTMINSTER — A lawyer for a man found guilty of murdering a police officer in Abbotsford says his client will not pursue a hearing to determine his mental state at the time of the shooting.
Martin Peters says a court-ordered assessment found that Oscar Arfmann is schizophrenic.
A trial in B.C. Supreme Court heard that Arfmann ambushed Const. John Davidson in November 2017 as the 53-year-old police officer got out of his vehicle.
Peters says the assessment report said it was open to the court to find Arfmann not criminally responsible because of a mental disorder.
Peters says his client directed him to tell the judge that he wanted to be sentenced for first-degree murder, which carries a sentence of life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years.
He says Justice Carol Ross has set sentencing for Feb. 3.