Suspect accused of murdering Tori Dunn appears in Surrey court

The man accused of killing a woman at her Surrey home earlier this year made another appearance in a provincial court Thursday.

Thirty-year-old Tori Dunn was found at her Port Kells home with life-threatening injuries on the night of June 16. She later died from her injuries after being taken to hospital.

Forty-year-old Adam Troy Mann, from Ontario, has been charged with one count of second-degree murder in connection to the death and was back in court Thursday, after his last appearance in September.

Dunn’s loved ones, including friend Brianna Bridger, gathered outside a Surrey courthouse demanding answers.

“The most that me and my friends can do is just to keep showing up,” said Bridger.

“Whether other people are joining us or not. We’re not just here to to put signs up and and walk away. It’s a chance for people to stop and ask questions, to get her name out there even more.”

At the time of Dunn’s killing, Mann was facing an unrelated aggravated assault charge for an alleged attack in Surrey three weeks earlier.

Bridger says the conditions of Mann’s release still “make no sense.”

“It’s unfair. When you see it on paper, it just seems so preventable. And really is just showing that you can get away with stuff — and just be back in the community.”

She says she and other friends have taken the opportunity to spread awareness about gender-based violence.

“And that’s not something, unfortunately, that I’m going to be able to diminish or finish fighting in my life, but I believe that the steps that I am able to take are hopefully going to raise some noise and just get people thinking about stuff like this,” said Bridger.

She adds that Tori’s loved ones have started a Facebook page calling for justice in her name, and sharing memories of her life.

Mann’s next court appearance is scheduled for later this month.

—With files from Charlie Carey and Monika Gul