The accused killers of Tim Bosma, who vanished after going on a test drive with two strangers, committed numerous thefts together before stealing the Hamilton man’s truck, their murder trial heard Wednesday.
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Mark Smich’s lawyer will call witnesses to the stand, but it’s not clear at this point if that will include Smich.
And the lawyer for one of the two men accused in Bosma’s murder, will begin presenting defense arguments.
But when Millard, who was at the wheel of the Dodge, pulled over on a country road and walked back to Smich, he said he was going to steal the truck.
Tim Bosma disappeared three years ago on May 6, 2013 after taking two strangers on a test drive in a truck he was trying to sell online.
Then, Smich says at the end of the drive, Millard took out his phone and told Bosma the friend couldn’t find Tim Horton’s.
He then said that as he approached Bosma’s truck, he saw the Hamilton man slumped over the dash, with blood everywhere and a bullet hole in the passenger window. They drove to where his Yukon was parked, around the corner and Millard told Smich to ride with the friend.
“(Millard) was telling me not to worry because I panicked”, said Smich. Investigators later found charred human remains, believed to be Bosma, in a livestock incinerator on Millard’s farm in Ayr, Ont.
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He told court he didn’t go to police because he was scared and confused. Millard came out of the truck to get a flashlight from the truck Smich had been driving. He wanted help putting his body in the incinerator but Smich says he refused because his shoulder hurt. Days later, the carpet and seats would be burned while Millard talked about painting Bosma’s truck.
