Arvin Golic, convicted in swarming death, now accused of threats to ex-girlfriend

A judge has allowed evidence that Arvin Golic, convicted of killing Burnabyteen LukaGordic, violated the conditions of his bail by threatening his ex-girfriend who testified at his trial.

In June Arvin Golicwasfound guilty of manslaughter in the death of Luka Gordic, two years after the 19-year-old was killed in Whistler, B.C.

Gordichad been visiting the resort town for the May long weekend in 2015when police say he wasswarmed by 10 teenagers and stabbed, after allegedly defending this same young woman he'd accused Golic of abusing.

Golic one of four teens charged in the attack was 18 years old at the time.

He was meant to be sentenced on September 13, but the Crown introduced evidence that Golic had threatened his ex-girlfriend, who was a Crown witness.

According to court documents, the evidence consisted of a recording of a phone call Golic's ex-girlfriend made to police in June 2016, and a screenshot of a text message allegedly sent to her by Golic that same day.

In the messages, which are profane, Golicwrote: "I'm gonna kill you and everyone that you talk to."

"He started saying that I was seeing another guy that he knows and that he has a beef with that guy," Golic'sex-girlfriend told police.

She also told police that Golicthreatened "the Serbs" referring to Gordic's friends, and said they should watch their backs.

Shortly afterwards Golicsent a text described in court documents as "placatory and somewhat affectionate," in which heapologized, askedher to call him one last time and saidshe "stabbed him in the back like no one ever could."

According to court documents, Golic and the three other teenagers attacked Gordicbecause he had said that Golic should stop abusing his girlfriend the same woman who Golic threatened a year after the murder.

"Whereas the offender could have been overcome with regret and remorse at the death of LukaGordic, this evidence shows he was still behaving the same way a year later, triggered by perceived attention by another young man to the same young woman who was at the center of the attack on Mr. Gordic," the judge wrote in herdecision.

"If Mr. Golic attempts on sentence to put forward evidence of good character, this goes directly to that point," she wrote.

Golic's sentencing hearing is scheduled for October 17.

The verdict for the three other co-accused, who can't be named because of their age, is expected on September25.

With files from Tanya Fletcher