A 12 person jury found John Ike Koopmans guilty of second-degree murder in the deaths of Robert Keith Wharton and Rosemary Fox.

Koopmans was also found guilty of the attempted murder of Bradley Martin.

The jury began deliberations Thursday in Penticton and brought in a verdict today in Penticton.

Koopmans was accused of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of Wharton and Fox and the attempted murder of Martin, 50, on March 30, 2013, on the back road to Princeton.

Following the verdict, Justice Miriam Maisonville asked the jury to give a recommendation on the number of years before parole.

Seven recommended a 15-year minimum related to the Wharton shooting, while five had no recommendation. It was the same for Fox. Nine jurors recommended the sentences be consecutive, one concurrent, and two had no recommendation.

Koopmans will be sentenced later.

On duty reporter Castanet