US EditionMan pleads guilty to aggravated assault related to 2022 death outside Kelowna club
Matthew Reimer pleaded guilty to aggravated assault causing Nicholas Epp's death after a confrontation outside a Kelowna nightclub; sentencing is scheduled for October 20, court records show.
- A Kelowna man pleaded guilty to aggravated assault linked to Nicholas Epp's death outside The Liquid Zoo on Aug. 12, 2022, in Kelowna Supreme Court.
- Epp was escorted out of The Liquid Zoo after staff refused service, intoxicated and accompanied by his wife Dorothy, while Matthew Reimer stood near a food truck on Lawrence Avenue.
- The court record describes the accused delivering two to four strikes to Nicholas Epp's head before he fell and hit his head on the metal step on the food truck and appeared unconscious; paramedics treated Epp on scene and he was pronounced dead at 11:56 p.m.
- The trial was paused on Tuesday as lawyers negotiated a plea, with Matthew Reimer charged on Aug. 9; he will appear by video in Kelowna courts on Oct. 20 to set sentencing.
- Charges were only announced a year after the incident; Kelowna RCMP released surveillance photos on Aug. 15, 2022, and court heard Matthew Reimer emptied his pockets appearing ready for a fight.
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