VANCOUVER - The British Columbia man accused of killing Bailey McCourt says it "doesn't matter" how long he is sentenced to serve in a separate case where he is accused of assault by strangling and uttering threats.

James Plover expressed remorse Monday in his brief remarks in a provincial court in Kelowna, saying he will torture himself until he dies.

The court had previously heard that Plover and the victim became embroiled in a heated argument, and he choked the complainant as evidenced by neck bruising shown in photographs presented to the court.

His trial heard that Plover at one point grabbed a machete and destroyed a dining room table and a painting, and expressed "suicidal ideations" to his parents before he was arrested.

The identities of the victims in the strangling case are

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