A man accused of killing a Saskatchewan RCMP officer during a traffic stop has been ordered to stand trial for first-degree murder.

Alphonse Stanley Traverse of Winnipeg was originally charged with manslaughter in the June 12, 2021, death of Const. Shelby Patton.

The charge was upgraded in November to first-degree murder.

Judge Douglas Kovatch, at the end of a three-day preliminary hearing, has ruled there is enough evidence to proceed with a trial on the murder charge.

Due to a publication ban, evidence at the hearing cannot be published.

RCMP have said 26-year-old Patton was hit by a vehicle in the town of Wolseley, east of Regina, after he stopped a suspected stolen truck.