Three Decade Old Murder Case Set For Trial

Apr 17, 2019 | 2:31 PM

A trial will be held next year into a more than three decade old Vernon murder case.

58 year old Paramjit Singh Bogarh is accused of first degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder after the death of his wife, Saminder Bogarh, in on New Year’s Eve 1986.

Bogarh has chosen to be tried by a Supreme Court judge alone, with two weeks of voir dire hearings to begin next February, and a trial scheduled to start March 2, 2020, likely in Kelowna.

The charges facing Bogarh are listed as under sections 218 and 423, which are based on the Criminal Code system at the time of the alleged offences.

“The section numbers reflect the numbering in 1986. It was slightly different then,” says Dan McLaughlin from the BC Prosecution Service in an email to Beach Radio News.

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Bogarh’s brother, Narinder, is accused of the same offences, and officials are trying to have him extradited from India to face charges here.

RCMP said at the time of the alleged offences, a 26 year old woman suffered several stab wounds and was found in the bathroom of their Vernon home.

Paramjit Bogarh was charged with second degree murder at the time, but the Crown stayed the charge a few days later, which police said was due to a lack of evidence.

Mr. Bogarh was extradited from the United States last year to face the new Vernon charges.

by Corey Fischer