A man has been found guilty of second-degree murder in the stabbing death of his girlfriend at Metrotown shopping mall in Burnaby nearly four years ago.

According to the judge’s verdict, Everton Javaun Downey stabbed 25-year-old Melissa Blimkie 15 times while in the mall parking lot on Dec. 19, 2021. She died in a nearby stairwell.

Downey had pleaded guilty to manslaughter, asking the court to consider evidence that he wasn’t in control of his actions.

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“…his main position is that the Crown has not proven beyond a reasonable doubt that he had the ‘specific intent’ to kill, a necessary element of second degree murder,” the judge said.

The judge disagreed.

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