‘It’s been a long two years’: Trial begins for 2022 Banff homicide [Video]

The trial for 24-year-old John-Christopher Arrizza got underway on Thursday.

Arrizza faces a second-degree murder charge related to a 2022 homicide in Banff.

In the Court of King’s Bench, Arrizza pleaded not guilty in the killing of 26-year-old Ethan Enns-Goneau.

John-Christopher Arrizza (left) and Ethan Enns-Goneau (right) are shown in photos obtained by CTV News.

The Crown prosecutor told the court Enns-Goneau was stabbed multiple times at the Dancing Sasquatch nightclub around 2 a.m. on Aug. 5, 2022.

The security guard who found Enns-Goneau, outside the bathroom in the nightclub, told court he came upon a fight between the two men.

He said he heard what sounded like a “tussle” and called for another security guard before rushing to the area.

Co-worker and close friend Bobby Lavery testified he tried to help an injured Enns-Goneau, telling him, ‘You’re going to be OK and I love you’ before he died.

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