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A Marpole couple in their 60s who were the victims of a violent and fatal attack in their own home were targeted for unknown reasons by a man who wanted to kill “someone,” a prosecutor said Wednesday.

Richard Jones, 68, a retired Vancouver man and his 64-year-old wife Dianna Mah-Jones, an occupational therapist who had won a number of awards at work, were confronted and killed in their West 64th Avenue home by Rocky Rambo Wei Nam Kam, said Crown counsel Daniel Mulligan.

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He told B.C. Supreme Court Justice Laura Gerow that the Crown theory is that Kam, who lived about one kilometre from the couple, had purchased an axe and other items several weeks prior to the Sept. 26, 2017 slayings specifically to kill someone.

“The Crown has no evidence of any relationship or connection between Mr. Kam and either victim,” Mulligan told the judge in his opening statement.

“In fact, you will hear from his roommate that Mr. Kam had just moved to Vancouver approximately three months before the killings. There is no evidence as to when or why Mr. Kam targeted Mr. Jones.”