Adam Mann guilty of second-degree murder in Surrey home invasion killing of Tori Dunn

A jury in New Westminster has convicted Adam Mann of second-degree murder in the 2024 stabbing death of Tori Dunn during a home invasion in Surrey, B.C.

Surrey man convicted of murdering Tori Dunn in home invasion, sparking bail reform debate

A jury in New Westminster, B.C., found Adam Mann guilty of second-degree murder on Wednesday in the killing of Surrey resident Tori Dunn, cbc.ca reports. A sentencing date is expected to be scheduled next week.

Dunn, 30, was stabbed on June 16, 2024, at her home in the Port Kells neighbourhood after returning from a birthday dinner with her fiancé. Her father told the court she was lying on a couch when the attack occurred. She later died in hospital.

Mann's DNA was recovered from the handle of a knife that also carried Dunn's blood. Mann testified he had picked the knife up from the roadside before police arrived and arrested him.

The killing came three weeks after Mann was accused of stabbing another woman in Surrey. Court records obtained by cbc.ca showed Mann was subject to two probation orders at the time of Dunn's murder and had recently been released following a conviction for breaching one of those orders by possessing knives.

The case prompted a "Justice for Tori" campaign and a broader public debate over B.C.'s bail and probation system, and whether dangerous offenders are being released from custody despite repeated breaches of conditions designed to protect the public. Dunn's family filed a petition calling for a legal review of Mann's release and for systemic changes to prevent similar deaths.

NDP Leader David Eby said in July, in his capacity as premier, that he had directed his team to contact the Dunn family to discuss the case and identify ways to support their calls for reform.

Court records from B.C., Ontario and New Brunswick document a criminal history stretching back decades. In 2009, Mann was sentenced to 12 years in prison for robbery and weapons offences committed during a home invasion. An appeal of that conviction was unsuccessful.

An Ontario Court of Appeal ruling from 2010 noted that by the age of 25 Mann had accumulated 22 prior convictions, including violent offences involving firearms and robberies. In December 2014, he was convicted of assault after spitting on two employees at the Atlantic Institution in Renous, New Brunswick, where he was then incarcerated.

With files from The Canadian Press

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