Disturbing video shown in a Canadian court has revealed how two men convicted of murdering an elderly couple in British Columbia recorded their actions before and after the murders, including filming themselves on the victims’ rooftop and posting the footage with the murder weapon and music playing in the background.It’s been almost a month since three Indian-origin men were found guilty of first-degree murder in the deaths of Arnold and Joan de Jong. The latest court evidence has shed further light on a case that has shocked Canada.According to Global News, a video presented during the trial showed Abhijeet Singh and Khushvir Toor filming themselves on the rooftop of the De Jongs’ home about a month before the murders. A TikTok video was also posted by Toor in which he was placing one of the murder weapons, a metal baseball bat, in a vehicle.In May, Gurkaran Singh, Abhijeet Singh and Khushveer Toor were convicted of first-degree murder in the deaths of an Abbotsford couple. Prosecutors successfully argued that the murders were carefully planned and carried out for financial gain.The victims, Arnold de Jong, 77, and Joanne de Jong, 76, were brutally murdered inside their home on Arcadian Way in East Abbotsford on May 9, 2022.There were many shocking details of the attack. Joan was found in her bed with blood all around her body. A pathologist concluded that she died from a knife wound to the neck and blunt-force injuries to the head, believed to have been caused by a screwdriver and hammer. Arnold was found with his hands and feet tied in a separate bedroom. His head and face were tightly wrapped with duct tape. After being crushed, he died of suffocation.The three men, all aged in their 20s, were arrested in December 2022. He was no stranger to victims. Abhijeet Singh ran a cleaning business and Gurkaran Singh and Toor worked for him. The company performed cleaning work at the De Jongs’ home several times before the murders. The trio planned a home invasion to rob the elderly couple before killing them. After the murders, they stole checks, credit cards, identification cards and other items. They later used the stolen items to make purchases, withdraw money, and repay debts.Later, forensic evidence was found linking three people to the crime. DNA was found inside the house, on the rope used to restrain Arnold de Jong, and on a metal baseball bat recovered from the suspects’ vehicle. Furthermore, a search conducted on the internet by Abhijeet Singh after the news of the murders became public. The findings were “extraordinarily damaging” because they raised questions about how murderers are punished in Canada.Defense lawyers said the incident was a robbery that got out of control and stressed that there was no direct evidence that their clients intended to kill the couple. The court rejected that argument, saying that the murders were planned in advance. The judge concluded that the men knew that de Jong could recognize them because they had previously worked at the house and that this was the reason the couple were not released alive.The verdict brought some relief to the victim’s family, but the pain of losing their parents remains as strong as ever.“I felt like my heart was going to come out of my chest,” said daughter Sandra Barthel after hearing the guilty verdicts.Another daughter, Kimberly Coleman, said: “They were people who could never be replaced… There were so many things about them that were so special to us that we miss every day.”The case is back in court after Khushveer Toor’s lawyers launched a constitutional challenge relating to parole eligibility rules in cases involving multiple murder victims. Lawyers for the other two convicted men are also expected to join the challenge.Under Canadian law, first-degree murder carries an automatic life sentence with no possibility of parole for 25 years. However, the new challenge could further delay the sentencing proceedings, which are now scheduled to continue in September.The prospect of additional court proceedings has angered the de Jong family.“Our parents were tortured, murdered,” Sandra Barthel told Global News. He said the killers treated the murder weapon like a “trophy” or “piece of gold”.He added: “I’m sure our parents begged for mercy and we weren’t shown that, and yet the irony of a weak hope clause in this case in which they could be released from prison, potentially after 15 years, doesn’t seem fair to us.”His sister Heather Hoogland said: “It’s like opening a can of worms for anyone who comes to Canada, and if they commit a crime, they can get away with it.”