VANCOUVER - A former Kamloops, B.C., lawyer admits to killing his client, but his defence counsel says it wasn't planned and that evidence at the trial doesn't support a first-degree murder conviction for Rogelio ‘Butch’ Bagabuyo.

The B.C. Supreme Court trial has heard that Mohd Abdullah hired Bagabuyo in 2016 and they conspired to hide "large sums of money" during Abdullah's separation from his wife.

Bagabuyo spent more than $780,000 that Abdullah transferred to him over a seven-year period, the trial heard.

The court earlier heard that Bagabuyo had delayed the return of Abdullah's money for several years, fabricating reasons such as the need to set up shell corporations or concerns about the Canada Revenue Agency.

Bagabuyo's lawyer Mark Swartz told the judge in his closing arguments

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