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Former B.C. lawyer who stabbed client to death is found guilty of first-degree murder
Bagabuyo squandered nearly $800,000 of Abdullah's savings and planned the killing to prevent exposure, a B.C. Supreme Court judge ruled in Kamloops.
- B.C. Supreme Court in Kamloops is expected to deliver a verdict Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026, in Rogelio `Butch` Bagabuyo's first-degree murder case involving Mohd Abdullah.
- Court documents and bank records show prosecutors allege Bagabuyo blew $774,000 of Abdullah's money on expenses like groceries and renovations, and conspired to hide nearly $800,000, prompting the murder charges.
- Court heard that Abdullah died of multiple stab wounds, and prosecutors said Bagabuyo wrapped the body in plastic, stuffed it into a Husky storage tote, then failed to bury it due to frozen ground.
- The conviction triggers an automatic life sentence, as B.C. Supreme Court Justice Kathleen Ker found the murder planned and deliberate, rejecting manslaughter claims by defence lawyer Mark Swartz.
- The trial attracted sustained local media coverage as court records show Abdullah hired Bagabuyo in 2016, with Castanet providing ongoing updates and testimony highlighting Bagabuyo's financial dependence on Abdullah.
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KAMLOOPS — A former Kamloops, B.C., lawyer who stole almost $800,000 from a client, stabbed him to death then smuggled the body out of his office in a tote bag has been convicted of first-degree murder.
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Former B.C. lawyer guilty of first-degree murder in killing of client
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KAMLOOPS — A former Kamloops, B.C., lawyer who stole almost $800,000 from a client, stabbed him to death then smuggled the body out of his office in a plastic tote has been convicted of first-degree murder. Rogelio “Butch” Bagabuyo was accused of killing of Mohd Abdullah, a lecturer at Thompson Rivers University, on March 11, 2022. B.C. Supreme Court Justice Kathleen Ker says in a ruling handed down in Kamloops that she has no doubt the murder w…
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