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Tim Bosma trial restarts Monday after week off

The trial of two men accused of killing Hamilton's Tim Bosma resumes Monday after a one-week break.

Crown will continue with its case against 2 men accused of 1st-degree murder

This artist's rendering shows Toronto's Dellen Millard (left), Oakville's Mark Smich (centre) and Justice Andrew Goodman (right) as jury selection began in the Tim Bosma case. (Pam Davies)

After a week-long break, the trial of two men accused of killing Hamilton, Ont.'s Tim Bosma resumes Monday.

DellenMillard, 30, of TorontoandMarkSmich, 28, ofOakville, Ont., are accused of killingBosma, 32, who lived in the suburbanAncasterarea of Hamilton. Both have pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder.

The trial last sat on Thursday, March 10, when it heard from an uncle of Millard,Robert Burns. Burns,a veterinarian who has a practice in Vaughan, Ont.,denied any intention of getting into the pet cremation business with his nephew when asked by the Crown prosecutor in a Hamilton court .

Burns said he was "absolutely blown away" when he heard about asuggestion that he might have been planning a pet cremation business venture with his nephew.

The uncle said he had taken care of Millard for a time, but that they were not close.

Bosmawas last seen on May 6, 2013, after taking two men on a test drive of a pickup truck he was trying to sell. The 32-year-oldwas missing for more than a week before human remains were found in an animal incinerator on an Ayr, Ont., farm owned by Millard.

The prosecution will continue its case Monday. The Superior Courttrial is being held at the JohnSopinkaCourthouse in Hamilton.

CBC reporter Adam Carteris at court each day reporting live on the trial. You can readhis liveblogbelowstarting at 10a.m. ET.On mobile? Follow along here.