A preliminary inquiry is underway for a Shuswap man charged with murder in relation to a hit-and-run crash near Chase last year.
Raymond Edward Swann is facing charges of second-degree murder and criminal negligence causing death in connection to the April 3, 2016, death of 60-year-old Brian Watson.
Swann’s preliminary inquiry began on Monday in Kamloops provincial court and is slated to wrap up on Friday.
Watson was riding his motorcycle on Squilax-Anglemont Road when he was struck by another vehicle and died. Swann is accused of driving a pickup truck that struck Watson.
The victim’s widow, Ila, has previously told KTW police believed the collision appeared deliberate, but said her husband and Swann did not know each other.
Prior to his death, Watson worked in Kamloops for School District No. 73 as a facilities painter. He and his wife lived in Chase.
Watson’s family members, including Ila, filled the first two rows of a Kamloops courtroom for the first two days of Swann’s preliminary inquiry.
Swann, who is from Sorrento, is not in custody.
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