A man accused of killing his father in their Surrey home last year has been ordered to stand trial for murder in B.C. Supreme Court.
Ryan William Beauchamp was charged last August after his dad, Edward Allen Bezell, was found dead inside the home where police said both men lived.
Surrey RCMP received a call of shots fired in the area of 60 Avenue and 140 Street on Aug. 12, 2014 and arrived at the scene to find Bezell dead. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team took over the case.
Beauchamp, who was 29 at the time, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder.
He was ordered by a judge Thursday (March 19) to stand trial after a week-long preliminary hearing of the evidence in Surrey Provincial Court that began March 13. There is a publication ban on evidence presented at preliminary hearings.
Beauchamp’s trial will now transfer to B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster. His next court date is scheduled for April 16.
