Steven Randy Pirko admitted to killing Christopher Ausman back in 2014 on Highway 33 a few days after Ausmansa国际传媒檚 body was discovered, according to the father of a friend of Pirkosa国际传媒檚.

Pirkosa国际传媒檚 friend Elrich Dyck was involved in the fight leading to Ausmansa国际传媒檚 death and Dycksa国际传媒檚 father was a witness in B.C. Supreme Court in Kelowna Tuesday.

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Lesley Dyck was asked by Crown prosecutor David Grabavac, if Pirko spoke to him about the incident in January 2014.

Dyck said yes.

sa国际传媒淧irko was always at the house and never stayed away long. We were in the kitchen and he (Pirko) said he killed the Ausman guy. Pirko said he hit him in the legs and nothing happened and he said he hit him in the back of the head and nothing happened and he hit him again and Ausman went down. It was a quick conversationsa国际传媒� if he said anything after that I wasnsa国际传媒檛 listening,sa国际传媒� said Dyck.

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Grabavac then asked Dyck if he ever questioned Pirko as to how it started.

sa国际传媒淗e (Pirko) told me hesa国际传媒檇 seen the guy (Ausman) come barrelling across the street and jump Elrich and Elrich yelled for help and Pirko came back to help,sa国际传媒� said Dyck.

sa国际传媒淭hey were going to go their separate ways. Elrich was going to 7-11 and Pirko was going home (before the incident happened).sa国际传媒�

Dyck was then asked if Pirko ever told him Elrich said to hit Ausman with a hammer.

sa国际传媒淚 only heard Pirko say Elrich was yelling for help and he went back to help him,sa国际传媒� he replied.

According to Dyck, Pirko asked if Elrich sold him out.

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Before the afternoon break in court, Grabavac asked Dyck to point out Pirko in the court room and tell him about his appearance now compared to 2014.

Dyck pointed to Pirko and said sa国际传媒渉e looked healthy, like he gained 100 or 200 pounds, he used to be a bean pole.sa国际传媒�

Itsa国际传媒檚 the fourth week of Pirkosa国际传媒檚 second degree murder trial, which is expected to last five weeks, but has an eight-week period to be completed.

laryn.gilmour@blackpress.ca
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