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Progress in court process for Kelowna man accused of killing wife and kids

Their bodies were discovered Dec. 2017

  • Sep. 24, 2018 12:00 a.m.

The man charged with killing his wife and two daughters days before Christmas 2017 appeared via video in a Kelowna courtroom Monday morning to schedule a pretrial conference.

The process was thwarted the first time around when Jacob Forman wanted to change his legal counsel.

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Last month, his new lawyer Ray Dieno asked the court to put the case over four weeks as he reviews the disclosure in the case.

A pre-trial conference is required before setting longer trials and Dieno said the trial “wouldn’t be any less than four to six weeks.”

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Forman is charged with second degree murder in the death of his wife, Clara Soledad Forman, and first degree murder in the deaths of his young daughters, Karina and Yesenia.

Their bodies were discovered at their Rutland home on Dec. 19, 2017. It is alleged they were killed sometime between Dec. 17 and Dec. 19.

The pre-trial conference will be held Oct. 10

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