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Nanaimo woman’s murder, interfering-with-dead body trial moved to Vancouver

B.C. Supreme Court trial of Paris Jayanne Laroche still scheduled to begin Jan. 22
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The Law Courts building in Vancouver, home to B.C. Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck)

A Nanaimo woman accused of murder and interfering with a dead body has had her trial moved to Vancouver.

Paris Jayanne Laroche, 26 when arrested in March 2022, stands accused of first-degree murder and interfering with human remains in relation to a missing person case involving Sidney Joseph Mantee.

A trial will still begin Monday, Jan. 22 in B.C. Supreme Court, but on Thursday, Jan.

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