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Suspect in mass killing of Ottawa family not interested in seeking bail

Febrio De-Zoysa is facing 6 counts of first-degree murder and 1 count of attempted murder
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A gavel sits on a desk in Ottawa, Wednesday February 13, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld A gavel sits on a desk in Ottawa, Wednesday February 13, 2019. An Ontario judge was wrong to order a legal fight involving victims of one of the country’s most notorious residential schools and the federal government be heard in British Columbia, a higher court has ruled. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

The 19-year-old Sri Lankan national charged in the mass killing of a newcomer family in Ottawa has no plan to seek bail, his lawyer says.

Febrio De-Zoysa was arrested and charged in early March with six counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder, after police found the family dead in a townhouse in the suburb of Barrhaven.

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