Two men have been found guilty of murdering Nicholas Brophy.

 

22-year-old Mark Bradley Thomas and 24-year-old Zach Edwin Linklater have been charged with first-degree murder; convictions that come with mandatory life sentences and no chance of parole for 25 years.

 

At the request of the Crown, sentencing has been delayed so that the hearing can take place in Thompson.

 

Crown prosecutors said that having the hearing in Thompson will give the community an opportunity to prepare and present victim impact statements.

 

Brophy disappeared in September 2015, and was jumped, kidnapped, taken to the woods and murdered as part of a gang initiation.

 

His body was discovered in the spring of 2016.