Convicted B.C. killer dies in custody at Mountain Institution in Agassiz

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According to published reports, Johnston had broken into a home in Surrey on March 10, 1998 when Victor Fraser, a crane operator from New Westminster, surprised him. Johnston stabbed Fraser to death with such force that he broke two knife blades during the murderous attack. Fraser died of stab wounds to his neck.

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Johnston was convicted by Justice Crawford of the Supreme Court of British Columbia of the second-degree murder of Victor Fraser.

The Crown’s case involved statements made by Mr. Johnston to undercover police officers engaged in what is known as a “Mr. Big” operation. That operation involved 60 “scenarios”, i.e., occasions on which undercover officers and Mr. Johnston interacted. In the last scenario—commonly referred to as the “Mr. Big interview”— Johnston admitted killing Victor Fraser. At the trial, Mr. Johnston did not object to the admissibility of any of the statements he made during the Mr. Big operation.

Prior to being prosecuted for the murder of Victor Fraser, Johnston pleaded guilty in 2000 to manslaughter in an unrelated case in Saskatchewan, for which he was sentenced to 10 years in prison.