US EditionFitness trial begins for man accused of killing B.C. Mountie Shaelyn Yang in 2022
The hearing assesses if Jongwon Ham can understand charges and participate in his defense, following the October 2022 stabbing of RCMP Const. Shaelyn Yang.
- On Feb. 6, 2026, a fitness hearing began at the B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver to assess the accused's capacity.
- A court order by Justice Michael Tammen, B.C. Supreme Court judge, prompted the fitness hearing after the trial was scheduled on January 12, 2026.
- The IIO reported that the man in the tent was shot and later its chief civilian director said there were no reasonable grounds to charge an officer, according to December 2022 findings.
- An interim publication ban prevents reporting of evidence at the fitness hearing, which is scheduled to continue next week; Ham appeared Friday wearing a grey suit and white sneakers.
- Yang had served as a mental-health and homeless-outreach officer and joined the RCMP three years before her death.
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Fitness Trial Begins for Man Accused of Killing BC Mountie Shaelyn Yang in 2022
The hearing to determine if a man accused of killing RCMP Const. Shaelyn Yang is fit to stand trial has begun in the BC Supreme Court in Vancouver. Jongwon Ham, who appeared at the hearing Friday wearing a grey suit and white sneakers, is charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of Yang in October 2022. The three-day hearing comes after Justice Michael Tammen ordered a fitness assessment on the day Ham’s judge-alone trial was set t…
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Fitness trial begins for man accused of killing B.C. Mountie Shaelyn Yang in 2022
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VANCOUVER — The hearing to determine if a man accused of killing RCMP Const. Shaelyn Yang is fit to stand trial has begun in the BC Supreme Court in Vancouver. Jongwon Ham, who appeared at the hearing Friday wearing a grey suit and white sneakers, is charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of Yang in October 2022. The three-day hearing comes after Justice Michael Tammen ordered a fitness assessment on the day Ham’s judge-alone tri…
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