{"id":557661,"date":"2026-03-24T14:46:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T14:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/557661\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T14:46:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T14:46:19","slug":"undercover-officer-testifies-at-gangsters-murder-trial-in-kelowna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/557661\/","title":{"rendered":"Undercover officer testifies at gangster\u2019s murder trial in Kelowna"},"content":{"rendered":"

Undercover officer testifies at gangster\u2019s murder trial in Kelowna<\/p>\n

Published 1:00 pm Monday, March 23, 2026<\/p>\n

The first-degree murder trial for B.C. gangster Ekene Dillichuwu Anigbo continued in Kelowna Supreme Court on March 23 for day 12 of 73.<\/p>\n

Anigbo has pleaded not guilty to the murder charge for the death of 57-year-old Naramata woman Kathleen Richardson.<\/p>\n

On June 9, 2021, Richardson was found dead in her home, where the Crown said she was restrained and shot twice <\/a>in the left side of her face, killing her. Two years later, in April 2023, Anigbo and suspected co-conspirator Jalen Falk were arrested in connection with her death.<\/p>\n

The primary undercover officer in an operation to gather information from Falk as a suspect in the case was called by Crown counsel to testify before the court.<\/p>\n

The officer told Justice Allison Beams that the undercover operation included a fictitious organization that was looking to hire, and Falk had been recommended as a candidate. After meeting and entering into a working relationship, the police were able to execute a search warrant and conduct a covert download of Falk\u2019s cell phone to gather evidence.<\/p>\n

Falk pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of Richardson and was sentenced on Feb. 24 to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for 16 years.<\/p>\n

Before the sentence was read, Falk stood before the court and said he was \u201csincerely and profoundly sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n

The trial for Anigbo is expected to last until June.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Undercover officer testifies at gangster\u2019s murder trial in Kelowna Published 1:00 pm Monday, March 23, 2026 The first-degree…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":557662,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,87674],"class_list":["post-557661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-surrey","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-surrey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=557661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/557662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=557661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=557661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=557661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}