Just another reminder of how dangerous and manipulative this guy is..
Opinion | Serial killer Dellen Millard convicted in prison assault
Demonstrating the power he tries to wield over others, self-represented Millard called the victim to the witness stand. The reluctant man — who could have died of his injuries — testified Millard in fact saved his life that day.
The judge noted Trites was very reluctant to testify. He initially refused to leave his cell and would not be cross-examined by the Crown.
For years, Millard, who grew up wealthy, held a strange power over his group of misfit and delinquent friends. Especially Smich. He directed them to go on “missions” — crimes that ran the gamut from stealing plants from a nursery, to car and truck thefts, to murder.
It would not be a stretch to believe — as Griffin’s decision suggests — that Millard influenced the stabbing victim before he hit the witness stand.
Millard has done it before. And with a lifetime of prison ahead of him — unless he works a miracle at the Court of Appeal — he may do it again.
Sentencing will take place in April.