Proctor murder sentencing hearing begins

A packed Victoria courtroom hearddisturbing details Mondayabout the sexual assault and murder of 18-year-old Kimberly Proctor.

Proctor's burned body was found last March near the popular Galloping Goose hiking trail in Victoria.

Her killers, who were minors at the time, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in October 2010. The Crown is pursuing its case to have the teens sentenced as adults.

Monday morning, Proctor's friends and relatives were in attendance in force at the first day of hearings on the sentencings. Some gaspedone yelled "freaks"as the clean-cut 17-year-old and 18-year-old killers were led into the prisoners docks in shackles.

Crown prosecutor Peter Juk quoted from emails andonline chats between the killers to prove their crime was pre-meditated. The Crown is arguing that the offenders each deserve a life sentence instead of the maximum 10-year sentence that can be issued to a youth offender.

Electronic records revealed that Proctor briefly dated the 17-year-old. She broke off the relationship in a text message in October 2009 and, in the months following, Proctor received abusive emails from her ex and one of his friends.

In March 2010, the ex-boyfriend offered to explain everything and apologize in person. Meanwhile, he had been texting with the other teen, planning details of how they would assault her together.

In one exchange, the two teenage boys exchanged information gleaned from the internet on body positions one of which was the position Proctor's body was placed before it was burned.

In another exchange, the two boys discussed what types of objects they would use in the repeated sexual assaults they were planning, Juk said.

There were gasps in the courtroom Monday as the Crown revealed Proctor was likely still alive when her killersput her in a freezer and that the two boys probably also had sex with her after she was dead andbefore they took her body in a duffle bag on a bus to the trail where they set her on fire.

The hearing is set to last two weeks, during which time the Crown also plans to present psychological reports on the two admitted killers.