A Quebec man who drowned his two youngsters in October 2022 has instructed a jury he has no reminiscence of the day they died.
Kamaljit Arora is testifying in his personal defence for a second day at his homicide trial in Laval, Que., a suburb north of Montreal.
He says he consumed fentanyl on the day of the killings and has no recollection about drowning his 13-year-old daughter and 11-year-old son of their Laval dwelling.
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Arora, 49, says he remembers waking up handcuffed in hospital just a few weeks after the deaths.
He has admitted to inflicting the deaths of the 2 youngsters, however has pleaded not responsible to 2 counts of first-degree homicide, the tried homicide of his older daughter and the strangulation of his former spouse.
A publication ban has been positioned on the names of the younger victims.
The Crown, which has accomplished presenting proof, intends to show that Arora’s actions had been premeditated.
Arora instructed the jury he had been struggling psychological well being points since 2020 together with a extreme melancholy. He mentioned he had bought what he thought was fentanyl main as much as the killings with the intent of dying by suicide
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