RCMP at the Cypress Hills Drive home on April 9. (Submitted photo)
Dale Boyd
Osoyoos Times
The man facing a charge of manslaughter following the the death of a 61-year-old Osoyoos woman was released on bail Thursday.
Roderick Ashley Flavell, 62, is now facing an upgraded single count of manslaughter related to death of his spouse Tina Seminara, the BC Prosecution Service (BCPS) confirmed in April.
Flavell was released by Judge Michelle Daneliuk on April 30 on a recognizance in the amount of $10,000 with a cash deposit of $2,500 following a hearing at the Kelowna Law Courts.
Conditions of bail include obeying a nightly curfew, reporting conditions, restrictions on alcohol consumption and limits on access to or possession of weapons.
Media who attempted to attend the bail hearing by telephone were told by the Kelowna Law Courts they would not be able to attend and the regional administrative judge would “not be accommodating the request.”
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Flavell’s next appearance in court is scheduled for July 22. He was charged with aggravated assault on April 9, alleged to have occurred during the evening of April 8.
BC Coroners Service later confirmed the woman, later identified as Seminara, had succumb to her injuries in hospital sometime around April 17.
The RCMP investigation has been turned over to the Southeast District Major Crimes Unit in Kelowna.
