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Disclosure continues in Bacon murder case

Michael Kerry Hunter Jones of Gibsons and two other men charged in the 2011 killing of gang member Jonathan Bacon will be back in court on July 30.

Michael Kerry Hunter Jones of Gibsons and two other men charged in the 2011 killing of gang member Jonathan Bacon will be back in court on July 30.

The three men -Jones, 25, Jujhur Khun-Khun, 25, of Surrey and Jason Thomas McBride, 37, of North Vancouver - made their latest video appearance in a Kelowna courtroom on June 30.

Crown counsel spokesman Neil MacKenzie said the Crown is continuing to provide disclosure to the defence lawyers for the three accused.

"The disclosures are still underway," MacKenzie said.

Each is charged with first-degree murder and four counts of attempted murder in the Aug. 14, 2011 shooting outside a Kelowna hotel that killed Bacon and wounded four others.

The three were arrested in late February after an 18-month police investigation. They remain in custody in the Surrey Pretrial Centre. No trial date has been set.

Police allege Jones, who was arrested on the Lower Mainland, was tied to gangs aligned against the Hells Angels. His only previous conviction was in 2006 for driving while prohibited.

Meanwhile, on July 15, a B.C. Supreme Court judge sentenced five men after they admitted involvement in a murder conspiracy aimed at the three Bacon brothers.

Young Sung Lee, Dilun Heng, Barzan Tilli-Choli, Karwan Saed and Ion Kroitoru received sentences ranging from 11 to 14 years.

Of the two surviving Bacon brothers, Jamie Bacon is facing trial for conspiracy to commit murder in the deaths of six people in a Surrey highrise in October 2007, and Jarrod Bacon is serving 12 years in prison for drug trafficking.