▁Gill , ▁Peter ▁Gill ▁was ▁charged ▁with ▁two ▁counts ▁of ▁first - deg ree ▁murder . ▁Five ▁of ▁his ▁associ ates , ▁Bh up inder ▁( Bind y ) ▁Joh al , ▁Raj inder ▁K umar ▁Ben ji , ▁Michael ▁Kent ▁Bud ai , ▁Ho ▁S ik ▁( Ph il ) ▁Kim , ▁and ▁Sun ▁News ▁L al ▁were ▁tried ▁with ▁him ▁on ▁the ▁murder ▁charges . ▁The ▁trial ▁began ▁on ▁February ▁ 2 7 , ▁ 1 9 9 5 ▁and ▁last ed ▁eight ▁months . ▁It ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁longest , ▁most ▁expensive ▁and ▁most ▁complicated ▁tri als ▁in ▁British ▁Columbia ▁history . ▁ ▁Gill ian ▁Gu ess ▁was ▁selected ▁to ▁serve ▁as ▁a ▁jur or ▁for ▁the ▁murder ▁trial . ▁During ▁the ▁trial , ▁Gu ess ▁and ▁Gill ▁started ▁a ▁relationship ▁that ▁became ▁sexual . ▁ ▁Gu ess ▁was ▁quickly ▁attract ed ▁to ▁Gill , ▁a ▁man ▁eight ▁years ▁her ▁junior . ▁According ▁to ▁court ▁cl erk ▁Emma ▁Hy de , ▁Gu ess ▁would ▁st are ▁at ▁Gill ▁and ▁" She ▁would ▁f lip ▁her ▁hair ▁and ▁look ▁sed uct ive ". ▁ ▁Later ▁Gill ▁approached ▁Gu ess ▁at ▁Mc Donald ' s ▁and ▁told ▁her ▁he ▁was ▁innoc ent ▁of ▁the ▁charges . ▁ ▁S omet ime ▁later , ▁the ▁two ▁started ▁to ▁fl irt ▁outside ▁the ▁court room . ▁Gill ▁purs ued ▁the ▁relationship , ▁and ▁Gill ▁and ▁Gu ess ▁had ▁an ▁int imate ▁conversation ▁and ▁kiss ed ▁in ▁Stanley ▁Park . ▁ ▁The ▁relationship ▁ ▁became