Jury trial set for man accused in Maxi store stabbing death

RandyTshilumba, the 20-year-old man accused of first-degree murder in the stabbing death of a grocery store clerk last year, is scheduled to stand trial in September.

Clmence Beaulieu-Patry, 20, died shortly after shewas stabbed in front ofcustomers on April 10, 2016, during her shift at the Maxi grocery store on Papineau Avenue near Crmazie Boulevard in the Saint-Michel neighbourhood.

Montreal police sayTshilumba and Beaulieu-Patryknew one another and had attended the same high school.

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Tshilumbaappeared briefly in court Thursday and waived his right to a preliminary hearing. Thetrial before a jury is set to beginSept. 5, 2017 and is expected to take five weeks.

Crown prosecutors say they will present video footage, a video statement that Tshilumba gave to police and eyewitness testimony as evidence.