Ottawa:
A 62-year-old Winnipeg shopkeeper has been charged with killing a shoplifter, reportedly over a can of luncheon meat, police said today.
Kwang Soo Kim, 62, has been charged with manslaughter in the September 2009 death of Geraldine Beardy, a 29-year-old aboriginal woman, police said.
Police said Beardy was "allegedly involved in a theft and was subsequently confronted" by the owner of a corner grocery store. She was "assaulted and sustained an upper body injury" and "later succumbed to her injuries," police said in a statement.
A friend of the victim told the daily Globe and Mail that the confrontation was over a can of Klik pork luncheon meat valued at less than three dollars.
The case provoked a public debate in Canada on how far store owners should go to fight theft.
Kwang Soo Kim, 62, has been charged with manslaughter in the September 2009 death of Geraldine Beardy, a 29-year-old aboriginal woman, police said.
Police said Beardy was "allegedly involved in a theft and was subsequently confronted" by the owner of a corner grocery store. She was "assaulted and sustained an upper body injury" and "later succumbed to her injuries," police said in a statement.
A friend of the victim told the daily Globe and Mail that the confrontation was over a can of Klik pork luncheon meat valued at less than three dollars.
The case provoked a public debate in Canada on how far store owners should go to fight theft.
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