"An agreed statement of facts says that while Pan did plot to kill her father, she didn't intend to kill her mother but ought to have known that Bich Ha Pan could be in the family house when the plan was carried out."
"The Crown successfully argued at trial that Pan, who had a difficult relationship with her parents, arranged for them to be killed. But Ontario's Court of Appeal later ordered new trials on the first-degree murder convictions for all accused, saying the trial judge erred by suggesting to the jury only two scenarios for the attack."
"On Nov. 8, 2010, three armed intruders entered the Pan family home in Markham, north of Toronto, took the parents into the basement and shot both of them. Jennifer Pan was tied to an upstairs banister with a shoelace, and initially considered to be one of the victims of a home invasion."
Jennifer Pan pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 2010 death of her mother, nearly a year after Canada's Supreme Court ordered a new first-degree murder trial. An agreed statement of facts establishes that Pan plotted to kill her father but did not intend to kill her mother, though she ought to have known her mother could be present during the attack. On November 8, 2010, three armed intruders entered the Pan family home in Markham, Ontario, shot both parents, leaving her mother dead and her father seriously wounded. Pan was initially considered a victim. The Crown argued Pan arranged the attack due to her difficult relationship with her parents. The Supreme Court ruled in April 2025 that new first-degree murder trials were warranted for all four accused, though attempted murder convictions were affirmed.
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