Winnipeg bus driver killed on the job was facing trial on sex charges
WINNIPEG — A bus driver who was stabbed to death on the job was facing charges of sexual assault dating back three decades and did not show up for jury selection on his original trial date last fall, court documents reveal.
Irvine Jubal Fraser, 58, was charged in 2015 with two counts of sexual assault and one count of sexual interference between 1983 and 1991. The complainant, now an adult, says she was repeatedly molested, starting at age five.
Fraser was stabbed at the last stop of his shift in the very early hours of Tuesday morning. Police said he was trying to get a lone passenger off the bus and the passenger attacked him.
Brian Kyle Thomas, 22, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder, possession of a weapon and breach of probation.