Friends of Island man who was shot wary of suit against Hells Angels, court told

Two of Dillon Brown’s friends wanted nothing to do with his lawsuit involving the Hells Angels and the Devil’s Army Motorcycle Club, a B.C. Supreme Court jury has heard.

Brown, a 30-year-old mixed martial arts fighter, was shot and killed on March 11, 2016 at the Devil’s Army Clubhouse in Campbell River.

His body was found the next day in the trunk of his car, abandoned near the Cable Bridge in Sayward, 75 kilometres north of Campbell River.

Richard Ernest Alexander, the former president of the Devil’s Army, is on trial for the first-degree murder of Brown. He has pleaded not guilty to the crime.

On Thursday, Brown’s friend Christina Knott, a licensed practical nurse who also studied law, testified she had known Brown since 2008. Knott said she started helping Brown in his civil claim against the Voodoo Lounge nightclub in Campbell River in January of 2016.