Gun was pointed at Ken Brotherston Jr., witness "Jimmy the Jackhammer" tells murder trial
Former Highlands councillor Kenneth Brotherston Sr. told the man he’s accused of murdering to put down his gun, saying, “I’m not talking to you while you’re holding a gun at my kid,” a Crown witness testified Tuesday in B.C. Supreme Court.
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