The appellants appealed their convictions for first and second degree murder arising from a firebombing that killed two children.
The Crown's theory was that the primary appellant orchestrated the arson to silence the children's mother, who had accused him of sexual assault, and hired the other appellants to execute the plan.
The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeals, finding no reversible errors in the trial judge's admission of bad character evidence, Vetrovec caution regarding an unsavoury witness, instructions on unlawful object murder, or instructions on post-offence conduct.
The court also upheld the 23-year parole ineligibility period for the appellant convicted of second degree murder.