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Deliberations to resume Thursday in murder trial of Tim Bosma’s accused killers

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Sharlene Bosma, rear left, relieves some of the stress of waiting for a verdict in the murder trial of her husband, Tim Bosma, by playing a game of giant Jenga at a small street fair behind the John Sopinka Courthouse in Hamilton on Wednesday, June 15, 2016. Playing with her is her sister Sarah Veenstra, with Tim Bosma\'s parents, Hank and Mary Bosma looking on with family friend, Mary Breimer between them. The jury is in it\'s second full day of deliberations. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Peter Power

HAMILTON – A Hamilton jury weighing the fate of two men accused of killing Tim Bosma will resume its work on Thursday.

Deliberations were interrupted on Wednesday for several hours when a juror fell ill with a migraine on what was the third day of deliberations at the trial of Dellen Millard and Mark Smich.

Millard, 30, of Toronto, and Smich, 28, of Oakville, Ont., have both pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder charges in Bosma’s death.

Bosma, 32, disappeared on May 6, 2013 after taking two men for a test drive of a truck he had listed for sale online. His remains were found days later burned beyond recognition.

The Crown alleges Millard and Smich planned for more than a year to steal a truck, kill its owner and incinerate the body.

Smich testified that Millard shot, killed and burned Bosma. Millard did not testify, but his lawyer told court that Smich accidentally shot Bosma on a nearby highway in an attempt to steal his truck.

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