Skylar Dalyk 2nd-degree murder case: Crown opens Sudbury trial

A jury heard opening arguments today from the Crown in a second degree murder trial in Sudbury.

Skylar Dalyk, 25, is on trial for second-degree murder in the stabbing death of Tim Lamothe, 29.

Lawyersfor the Crown laid out their version of what happened the night of December 12, 2013.

They allege DalykowedLamothea debt and was avoiding him. So Lamothe came up with a plan to confrontDalyk at the Algoma tavern in Chelmsford.

The crown saidthere was a chase and thatDalyk was armed with a knife, but Lamothe wasn't.

At some point, Dalyk stopped running, the Crown continued. That's when heturned and waited for Lamothe to catch up then stabbed him twice, once in the heart, and once just below it.

No one saw the stabbing happen, the Crown said.

The defence has yet to present its case, and the trial continues tomorrow.

In court on Monday,Dalykwas pale and composed during the jury selection process. Dalyk ischarged with second-degree murder, which differs from first-degree murder in that the alleged killingwas not found to bepremeditated.

Four weeks have been allotted to hear thiscase, and twelve jurors five women and seven men have beenassigned tothe trial. The case is being presided over by Justice Louise Gauthier.