The Penticton woman charged with the manslaughter of her boyfriend has elected for a jury trial.

Kiera Bourque, 21, is charged with manslaughter in relation to the death of Devon Blackmore.

Blackmore died on April 2, 2017 at a residence on Forestbrook Drive, after he was allegedly administered with morphine by his girlfriend, Kiera Bourque. After an investigation that ran over a year, police announced in May that they had arrested Bourque on one count of manslaughter.

In Penticton provincial court on Wednesday, Crown counsel said they would be calling a coroner and a pathologist as witnesses in a three day pre-trial conference.

Crown and defence will return to court next week to fix a date for the pre-trial conference.

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