Overview
- Khushveer Toor, Gurkaran Singh and Abhijeet Singh are on trial in B.C. Supreme Court for two counts each of first-degree murder, have pleaded not guilty and face a proceeding scheduled for 40 days.
- Prosecutors say the accused knew Arnold and Joanne De Jong through a cleaning company allegedly owned by Abhijeet Singh that worked on the couple’s home in 2021 and 2022.
- The Crown alleges a financial motive, asserting the theft of credit cards, cheques and a pressure washer, with cheques over $5,000 purportedly signed by Joanne deposited shortly after the deaths.
- Evidence the prosecution says it will present includes fingerprints, cellphone records, financial data and DNA on a suspected weapon recovered from a car trunk.
- Prosecutors also say Gurkaran Singh arrived on a student visa weeks before the killings and that the trio left B.C. for Brampton, then returned to live in Surrey until their Dec. 16, 2022 arrests.