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Kelowna killer has conviction quashed, new trial ordered
A Kelowna killer sentenced to life in jail for second-degree murder has had his conviction…
Kelowna killer has yet to be sentenced
KELOWNA – It’s been two weeks since Steven Pirko was found guilty of second-degree murder…
Steven Pirko found guilty in 2014 Kelowna murder
KELOWNA – Steven Pirko was found guilty of second degree murder this morning in the…
UPDATE: Jurors to consider whether Rutland man acted to protect a friend or to kill
KELOWNA – Was Steven Pirko drunk, scared and compelled into action to protect a friend…
‘Anything can happen in Rutland’ says Kelowna man on trial for 2014 murder
KELOWNA – Anything can happen in Rutland. That’s the reason Steven Pirko offered Crown counsel…
‘I was dope sick’: Pirko admits to going through withdrawal during police questioning
KELOWNA – In Steven Pirko's own words, he was "dope sick" when police questioned him…
UPDATE: Kelowna man was protecting friend when he fatally swung hammer
KELOWNA – When Steven Pirko fatally swung his hammer into Chris Ausman's head, he didn't…
Murder trial hears Kelowna man died from skull fracture
KELOWNA – Chris Ausman died from a skull fracture that was the likely result of…
Accused Rutland killer’s friend claims he never saw a weapon
KELOWNA – Steven Pirko told Mounties within a day of his 2016 arrest that he struck…
‘I’m sorry, mom,’ accused Rutland killer says
KELOWNA – Steven Pirko collapsed into his mother’s arms and sobbed Nov. 19, 2016, just…
222: A number that tied a Kelowna murder victim to his loved ones long after he was gone
KELOWNA – The number 222 held a lot of significance to Christopher Ausman. It was…
Pirko tells investigators he killed Chris Ausman
LANGUAGE ADVISORY KELOWNA – Steven Pirko broke down in tears Nov. 19, 2016 and after…
Kelowna RCMP had their eyes on the man charged in Chris Ausman’s death years earlier
KELOWNA – RCMP had their sights set on Steven Pirko long before he was arrested…
Accused Rutland killer was in withdrawal when police took him into custody
KELOWNA – Steven Pirko was dry heaving and suffering from withdrawal from heroin when he…
It wasn’t the fight: Chris Ausman was killed on Kelowna street in 2014 with a hammer
KELOWNA – Christopher Michael Ausman had just left the Rutland 7-Eleven at around 1:30 a.m.…
Nine months in jail for Kelowna man awaiting trial for murder
KELOWNA – A Kelowna man awaiting trial for murder was sentenced to nine months in…
More charges for man accused of 2014 murder in Rutland
KELOWNA – It took Crown three years to charge a Kelowna man with the 2014…