May 14 DP speaks to the elevation of charges against DM, from DP's YouTube channel
Deepak Paradkar speaks about his client Dellen Millard - YouTube
DP: Can't report what's happened in court obviously as you know. A brief meeting with the crown attorney, brief appearance in court, he's coming back in June, it's going to be a long time before we get disclosure, it's an ongoing case, there may be one or more suspects, from what I understand, multiple suspects, so, we're interested in getting all that information before we go forward.
Reporter: What's your client say about the charges? Is your client cooperating with police?
DP: He's executing his constitutional right to remain silent.
Reporter: What's he saying about these new charges? What's his reaction to the charges, the murder charges?
DP: Extremely concerned at the elevation of the charges. He is presumed innocent, we are defending it, we're going to plead not guilty, there is a story behind this obviously that I can't get into obviously it's more than it appears to be.
Reporter: Please describe his state of mind? How is he right now?
DP: State of mind is, he's not somebody who's been in jail or used to jail. He's very very concerned and distraught and knows it's a long haul, and steeling his mind to that. He's a bit of a philosopher by way of nature and background and reading, and he's taking this one step at a time.
Reporter: [mumble] your client was framed for this? What's the story?
DP: I can't get into the framing aspect, the police will, we're really are waiting for the police investigation to be completed. There are other suspects out there, my understanding, once they've been apprehended I think we'll get a fuller picture of what's going on.
Reporter: Is you client helping police find those suspects?
DP: The police have their information, they've been doing investigation, they have their leads, so we're leaving it to the police.
Reporter: You have to admit, the optics of this don't look too good for your suspect to the general public right now. How do you feel about that?
DP: The way you deal with those optics is, often I get a case, it looks overwhelmingly strong at the beginning, not saying that this is, at the end of the day we have to wait for the full information to come out to really see what the real story - that's the way that I would react to that. He has - as a criminal lawyer calling is to defend such cases, although they may appear to be tough, but maybe appear to be unpopular, these are the type of cases that we're trained to do, and it's our highest calling to defend a person such as this.
Reporter: Has he showed any reaction to the public interest in this story? There was a huge crowd in court [mumble]
DP: He's really not concerned about he public reaction, he's more concerned about the situation with respect to Mr. Bosma, and also the situation that he finds himself in. Those are his concerns.
Reporter: [mumble] your client has come from a wealthy background, there's been some speculation over the last couple of days that his finances weren't doing so well. Can you speak to that?
DP: I can speak to that absolutely. His finances are fine and he's not in debt. He owns a number of properties which are paid for. He was not hurting financially, he had - the police has confirmed, he had sufficient funds to easily purchase this truck if he wished to do so.
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Reporter: Has he had family or friends either to visit him in custody, or supporters here in court today?
DP: He's had no visitors, partially based on some advice that he's been received, legal advice.
Reporter: And what about today, did he have any supporters in court today? Other than you?
DP: I'm not not aware of anybody, I didn't look in the crowd, I don't know. At the end of the day, under the constitution, Canadian citizens have the right to remain silent. He could jeopardize often, even an innocent person, will remain silent for obvious reasons. Something they might say or do might inadvertently, they might find themselves in trouble, even having been innocent, so he is remaining silent.
Reporter: Is there anything that you would like to pass on to the Bosma family who are dealing with this tragedy today?
DP: Certainly, as a human being, condolences, I am sure my client feels extremely remorseful for what's happened, but you know we maintain his innocence, and we will defend this.
Reporter: [mumble]
DP: The charge was elevated to first degree murder.
Reporter: Does he still face the other charges?
DP: At this point they're on the same information, the same indictment, he does face the two other counts which is forcible confinement, theft over.
Reporter: His mother now is dealing with this new information as well, as well as the Bosma family, what is...
DP: She's completely shaken up to the point of being very...very much in shock. Very, very much in shock. Very shaken up.
Reporter: Have you had a chance to talk with family members?
DP: The mother I spoke of.
Reporter: What is she saying about all of this?
DP: She's...she's not saying anything other than being extremely shaken up that she would find her son who she has indicated to me just to have been of previous good character, a good son, a, you know, an obedient son, and someone who's always excelling at things.
lease: I am praying with all my might that HPS are making their case water tight. 
