Man accused of killing his son and mother-in-law in Richmond arson appears in court

Opening statements began in B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver on Monday in the trial of Surjit Dosanjh, a man accused of setting fire to a home and killing his mother-in-law and his teenage son.

In the early morning hours of April 13, 2015, neighbours called 911 after flames tore through a duplex house on Cornerbrook Crescent in Richmond. Sixty-six-year-old Elaine Leznoff and 13-year-old Kalvin Dosanjh-Leznoff were found inside. Crews tried to resuscitate them, but both died.

Dosanjh was arrested and

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