Samantha Dittmer, 61, enters the Port Alberni courthouse on the 14th day of trial in which she is accused of fatally shooting her adult son.
On Aug. 29, 2021, 37-year-old Jesse McPhee was shot point blank in the chest with a hunting rifle, according to the Crown in the opening remarks on Sept. 11. Brandy Kazakoff, McPhee’s girlfriend, testified on Sept. 28 that the day he was shot the three of them had spent much of the day together. She testified that McPhee and Dittmer had shared a 15 pack of Lucky beer as they checked traps at Great Central Lake.Kazakoff said Dittmer demanded her car keys at which point Kazakoff said she didn’t think she should be driving because she was drunk, already had a DUI and didn’t have a licence.