Gyoba Murder Trial

Ashcroft murder trial to resume this spring after lengthy delay

KAMLOOPS - A man accused of murdering his uncle will return to court this spring for his trial to continue after it was adjourned indefinitely last summer. Shane Takeshi Gyoba is charged with second degree murder after his uncle Ed Gyoba died from blunt force trauma in the backyard of the home they shared in...

Ashcroft murder trial remains stalled

KAMLOOPS - The trial for an Ashcroft man accused of killing his uncle remains in limbo as court awaits results of a psychiatric assessment. Shane Takeshi Gyoba is charged with one count of second-degree murder in the death of Ed Gyoba, his uncle whom he lived with in Ashcroft. The trial began in August but...

Court awaiting results of mental assessment for Ashcroft man accused of murder

KAMLOOPS - The trial for Shane Gyoba, the man accused of murdering his uncle in Ashcroft last year is waiting on a psychological fitness assessment ordered by Justice Dev Dley this morning, Sept. 28. The matter has been put over until Oct. 26 in Kamloops Supreme Court. Shane’s uncle, Ed Gyoba, was found dead in...

Ed Gyoba to be remembered with bench in Ashcroft

ASHCROFT - Community members have raised enough money to purchase a memorial bench for Ed Gyoba, a well-known man in Ashcroft and Cache Creek who died in an alleged murder last year.  Susan Maximiuk, who took it upon herself to collect the funds, says it only took about a month to raise the $1,600 necessary...