Victoria, B.C.- The Supreme Court of Canada will hand down its ruling Friday on a possible fourth trial for Kelly Ellard.

 

Ellard was convicted of second degree murder in the 1997 beating death of 14 year old Rena Virk under a bridge in Victoria.

 

The B.C. Court of appeal overturned that conviction, a second trial was held which resulted in a hung jury.

 

A third trial, four years ago, ended with Ellard again being convicted , but the B.C. Court of Appeal overturned that conviction saying the trial judge had erred in instructions to the jury. A fourth trial was ordered, but the Crown appealed the ruling to the Supreme Court of Canada which heard the arguments in April.