VANCOUVER — A jury in the trial of a man charged with the first-degree murder of a 12-year-old British Columbia girl has heard an audio recording of the accused being fired for lying to the head of a supposed crime group.
Garry Handlen is heard repeatedly apologizing to the "boss" as he is being confronted at a bar in Quebec in front of other members of the fictitious organization.
Handlen is accused of killing Monica Jack near Merritt, B.C., on May 6, 1978.
In May 2014, the RCMP began an undercover operation targeting Handlen while he was living in Minden, Ont., where he was lured by a group that expects honesty "no matter what."
The scenario heard in B.C. Supreme Court describes the boss firing Handlen for lying about doing a job he didn't complete.
Handlen, who sounds rattled in the recording by the boss’s angry outburst, was arrested and charged in November 2014.
