The parents of a man killed by a cellmate in Surrey Pretrial Centre claim B.C. Corrections staff kept them from touching their son as he lay dying in hospital.
Kenneth and Sandra Murphy are suing B.C.’s Attorney General as well as the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General, B.C. Corrections and others in connection with the 2016 death of their son John Murphy.
According to a notice of civil claim, the 25-year-old was in pretrial awaiting a hearing for breaching a driving prohibition when he was asphyxiated by a fellow inmate.
His parents and two sisters are now suing
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