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Don't let 'despicable' witness distract from case
Supreme Court jury to find both men guilty of second-degree murder.
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Murray urged the jury not to be distracted by the "clearly questionable" character of the key Crown witness Michael Rennie, who received thousands of dollars from police for informing on Belcourt, his stepson at the time.
"What kind of man sells a gun to his son's friend, knowing they are going to commit a home invasion?" Murray said. "But the trial is about these two men, not Michael Rennie. He's merely a witness in this case."
Rennie may have minimized his role in planning the robbery, Murray said. But Belcourt and Mcgrath executed it and, during the robbery, Hankel was killed.
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Belcourt's defence lawyer, Tim Russell, told the jury his client was not an innocent man.
"Andrew Belcourt caused Mr. Hankel's death. That's true," Russell said. "He's guilty of manslaughter."
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He urged the jury not to accept the Crown's theory that Belcourt's mask fell down, spurring him to shoot Hankel. The three Crown witnesses - who testified Belcourt told them just that - are all highly problematic, Russell said.
"Mr. Rennie is probably one of the most despicable characters anyone has ever met," Russell said.
The other two - Young and Max Deleeuw - both lied to police and at the preliminary inquiry.
"How do you know where the truth stops and the lies begin?" asked Russell.
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Mcgrath's lawyer, Mike Munro, told jurors his client should be acquitted.
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