Man accused of killing Burnaby teen in 2017 pleads ‘not guilty’
Posted April 5, 2023 7:42 am.
Last Updated April 5, 2023 6:41 pm.
The man accused in the 2017 killing of a 13-year-old Burnaby girl has pleaded not guilty Wednesday.
Ibrahim Ali is charged with first-degree murder in relation to the teen’s death.
Her body was found in Burnaby’s Central Park just hours after security cameras caught her at a coffee shop near her home on July 18.
Ali was arrested more than a year later in September 2018.
Police say Ali came to Canada in 2016 as a refugee and had since become a permanent resident. He had been living and working in Burnaby and did not have a criminal record.
The jury trial started Wednesday.
Editor’s note: This article has been updated to remove the victim’s name, which is now covered by a publication ban.
