Car in ditch at scene of OPP officers death was stolen, murder trial hears [Video]

The car in a ditch at the site where an OPP officer was fatally shot had been stolen the previous day, the trial of the pair accused of his murder heard Wednesday.

Ontario Provincial Police Const. Grzegorz Pierzchala was shot on Dec. 27, 2022, while responding to a vehicle in the ditch west of Hagersville, Ont., near Brantford.

Randall McKenzie and Brandi Stewart-Sperry were each charged with first-degree murder in his death. Both have pleaded not guilty.

An agreed statement of fact prosecutors read to a jury trial Wednesday said a man had his Nissan Armada stolen from a restaurant parking lot in Hamilton on Dec. 26.

“The Armada is the same Nissan Armada that was in the ditch on Indian Line at the scene where P.C. Pierzchala was shot on Dec. 27, 2022,” the statement read.

The statement of fact also said several stolen items, including vehicle permit papers …