In a dramatic end to the first week of the trial for the man charged with second-degree murder in the 2006 death of Misha Pavelick, a witness testified he might have told his friends he killed the victim — but insisted he was drunk at the time.

Pavelick, 19, was fatally stabbed at the Kinookimaw campground, about 45 kilometres northwest of Regina, on May 21, 2006.

The identity of the now 36-year-old man accused in his death cannot be shared under the Youth Criminal and Justice Act because he was 17 at the time. He has pleaded not guilty.

On Friday, a witness told the jury trial at Court of King’s Bench in Regina that he was in the accused’s car the night Pavelick was murdered. The witness cannot be identified in order to protect the identity of the accused.

He said he was among two car

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