Jongwon Ham is scheduled to go to trial on a murder charge in November.
The B.C. man accused in the 2022 death of a Burnaby RCMP officer may soon see an end to court proceedings on assault and resisting arrest charges.
Jongwon Ham remains in custody after having been charged with first-degree murder Oct. 18, 2022. It was on that date that Const. Shaelyn Yang was fatally stabbed during a call at Broadview Park near the Burnaby-Vancouver border. The 31-year-old Mountie had accompanied a City of Burnaby parks employee to the park to tell a man who had been staying in a tent to leave.
An altercation ensued, and Yang was fatally stabbed while her alleged assailant was shot but survived his injuries.It’s alleged that, on Feb. 15, 2021, he assaulted a man in Vancouver and then resisted arrest.Crown prosecutor Jeffrey LaPorte told Vancouver Provincial Court Judge James Sutherland July 18 that “global resolution” discussions have been underway to finish the case.The RCMP officer trial The BC Prosecution Service confirmed Ham will have B.C. Supreme Court pre-trial applications Oct.
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