MAN ACCUSED IN 4 DEATHS TO PLEAD GUILTY, LAWYER SAYS

The lawyer for a man accused in a shooting that left four people dead in Penticton, B.C., says his client plans to plead guilty next week. John Brittain was charged with three counts of first-degree murder and one count of second-degree murder after the shooting in April last year. Rudi Winter, Barry and Susan Wonch and Darlene Knippelberg were all killed. Defence lawyer Paul McMurray told court he's expecting Brittain to plead guilty to all four indictments in court on Oct. 14. Brittain was a former city employee who Penticton Mayor John Vassilaki described after the shooting as a person who did his job well. RCMP said the shootings were targeted and the victims knew one another. All four victims were neighbours of Brittain's exwife.