TORONTO — Two-time convicted killer Dellen Millard is headed for his third murder trial — this time in the death of his father — this spring.
Millard, 32, who is already serving a life sentence for murdering his former girlfriend Laura Babcock and Ancaster father Tim Bosma, appeared briefly Friday in Superior Court before Justice John McMahon to set a date for a judicial pre-trial conference on Jan. 22.
Millard and co-accused Mark Smich were convicted last year of first-degree murder in the death of Babcock, 23, in July 2012. They will be facing sentencing on Feb. 12, where the prosecution seeks to double their parole ineligibility period to 50 years.
Both men were found guilty of first-degree murder in June 2016 and sentenced to life with no parole for 25 years for the slaying of Bosma. He was last seen taking a test drive in his truck with the killers in May 2013.
Laura Babcock, left, and Tim Bosma were murdered by Dellen Millard and Mark Smich, juries found.
Lawyer Ravin Pillay was in court Friday for Millard, but the veteran lawyer has yet to formally be retained. Pillay represented Millard at the Bosma trial in Hamilton. He is expected to be his lawyer when Millard stands trial in March in the death of his father, Wayne Millard.
The senior Millard’s death in 2012 was initially deemed a suicide. But in 2014, as his son awaited trial for the Bosma murder, he was charged with killing his father.
Millard inherited the aviation company Millardair after his father’s death. The day after Millard was arrested in May 2013 for Bosma’s slaying, records show he signed over power of attorney to his mother, Madeleine Burns.
Bosma’s family is suing Millard for $14 million in damages in a civil lawsuit launched last August.