The daughters of a man killed by two inmates who escaped a Vancouver Island prison say they're grateful and relieved the men are being held accountable for the crime, but a guilty verdict won't bring their father back.
Lawyer Ryan Drury told a jury that DNA evidence and lack of blood splatter on the clothes of James Lee Busch means either that his client wasn't in the house, he didn't take part in the homicide, or his only involvement was in cleaning up the crime scene.
On the morning after Zachary Armitage and James Lee Busch escaped from William Head prison in July 2019, mail carrier Martin Payne left for work at his usual time. It would be the 60-year-old's last shift.