own wra Anna Marie D'Angelo News Reparier dangelo@nsnews.com AFTER four weeks of evidence, prose- cuting Crown lawyers wrapped up their first degree murder case against Jon Moroury on Friday. Moroury, 290, is charged. with the planned murder of Mohammad Mirhadi on Feb, 28, 1997, in a crowded Lower Lonsdale movie theatre. Moroury _ pleaded guilty to the charge. Mirhadi was shot three times at close range as he watched a gangster movie. “Michael Caster, 22, of North Vancouver, was con- victed of being the shooter in the planned murder, Caster is serving a life sentence with not parcle. eligibility after 25: years, . Moroury wanted to kill ' Mirhadi and argued with his good friend, Caster, about . who would be the’ shooter, _ according to Crown evidence ~ presented as part of an RCMP undercover investigation. —- Tape ‘and film recordings _ showed Moroury stating that “he and Caster ‘decided to kill -*Mirhadi- when they | saw -. Mirhadi. on ‘the movie | the- “catre’s escalator. . Moroury drove Caster to ‘ change clothes before com- mitting the murder. At that time: they. “picked up the hardware (gun). ” - Moroury lost an ar; about: who: would be the shooter. Moroury held. the xit door open for Caster to: esca ; The r real gunshots went off ; during. movie, gunshots. Moroury .told undercover, police that he saw Mirhadi lift “up his hand to block a shor. Moroury told: police he “burned” Caster’s clothes. | “At least-two ctlier people ere: involved in the plani ment ned © JON Moroury, 20, on trial for first degree murder Crown on Friday, RCMP Staff Sgt. Bob Stenhouse, said that Caster and Moroury became suspicious of the undercover officers as police put pressure on the murder suspects to turn over the gun used in the killing. tn an unexpected revela- tion, Caster had told one of the officers that he didn’t have the murder gun, but knew where it was. The officers then attempt- ed to dupe Caster and Moroury into turning over the weapon. 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