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WEDNESDAY February 3, 2016 • www.langleytimes.com
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Langley man found guilty of New Year’s Eve murder
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Jason Brewer facing life sentence for Dec. 31, 2012 stabbing death of 40-year-old Cole Manning M O N I Q U E TA M M I N G A Tim e s Re po r t e r
A 27-year-old Langley man has been found guilty of stabbing a friend to death on New Year’s Eve 2012. On Jan. 28, a B.C. Supreme Court judge found Jason Terrence Brewer guilty of second-degree murder in the death of Cole Manning, 40, who was found dead in Brewer’s basement suite on the Surrey-Langley border. A second-degree murder conviction carries an automatic sentence of life in prison. A judge will set his parole eligibility at a later date. He appears next on Feb. 11. During the trial, the court heard Manning had gone to Brewer’s house, where Manning was stabbed to death. His bloodied, naked body was found face down on Brewer’s bed. Brewer never denied killing Manning, but pleaded not guilty, testifying his actions were self-defence. Brewer stabbed Manning almost two dozen times, leaving a kitchen knife in the victim’s neck. Toxicology reports showed Manning had no drugs or alcohol in his system at the time of his death.
Brewer fled his basement suite and met with a longtime friend, confessing what he had done. That friend called 911. Brewer sent several text messages before his arrest, some to his then-girlfriend. Still, police had to track Brewer’s cellphone activity to find him. He was arrested nearly eight hours after the murder. The murder was not Brewer’s first crime. In 2009, he was convicted of deliberately driving into oncoming traffic, causing a six-vehicle crash on Highway 10 that left two people with permanent injuries. At the time, he was already on probation for robbing a Langley Mac’s store. His mom posted bail but revoked it after he assaulted her with a knife. Brewer originally pleaded guilty in the crash, saying he was trying to commit suicide. However, he appealed to retract his guilty plea and won. A judge later found him guilty anyway, sentencing him to prison for five years.
Alcohol, speed suspected in single-vehicle crash MO N I Q U E TA M M I N G A Ti m e s Re po r t e r
Alcohol and speed may have been factors in a serious single-vehicle crash on Saturday night, when a pickup truck became airborne, landing in a ditch below in the westbound lanes of the freeway in Langley. Around 8:45 p.m., it’s believed a 53-year-old Abbotsford man was driving at a high rate of speed westbound on Township Line Road when he failed
to negotiate a turn, said Langley RCMP. The road curves to run parallel to the freeway. The 2003 GMC Sierra landed in the ditch below at the westbound lanes of the freeway, near 272 Street. The cab and bed of the truck were separated by the force of the impact. The lone occupant was airlifted to hospital with serious injuries, said police. His condition is unknown.
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Joined by a pair of mallard ducks, a Canada goose hangs out on a log in Brydon Lagoon on a cool February morning.
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