Misha Pavelick’s ex-girlfriend says the “tension was kind of high” when she brought her new boyfriend to the grad party where Pavelick ended up stabbed to death.

The ex-girlfriend testified Tuesday at the trial for the man who is accused of second-degree murder in Pavelick’s death on May 21, 2006, at a campground near Regina Beach, about 45 kilometres northwest of Regina.

The 36-year-old accused’s case is being heard by a jury at Regina Court of King’s Bench. Neither the accused nor the ex-girlfriend can be identified under the provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act because they were younger than 18 at the time.

The ex-girlfriend said Pavelick had previously made comments about wanting to fight her new boyfriend, Andrew Perkins. She said the group she arrived with decided to leave

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