NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — A man charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of an Abbotsford, B.C., police officer has pleaded not guilty.
Oscar Arfmann made the plea in a B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster, B.C., before a trial by judge alone.
He was charged after an exchange of gunfire with police who were responding to a report of a possible stolen vehicle on Nov. 6, 2017.
He's accused of killing 53-year-old Const. John Davidson, who had been with the Fraser Valley police department for 11 years.
Arfmann, who is 66 years old, appeared in court for the start of his trial dressed in a black sweatsuit with a long grey beard and hair that reached his shoulders.