The lawyer for one of many males charged within the drive-by capturing of a 15-year-old lady in Montreal has instructed a jury his consumer ought to be discovered responsible of manslaughter, not homicide.
Marc Labelle stated in his closing arguments Tuesday on the Montreal courthouse that his consumer Salim Touaibi admits to firing the shot that killed Meriem Boundaoui and subsequently can’t be acquitted.
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However Labelle says the proof suggests Touaibi didn’t imply to kill anybody when he shot on the Volkswagen Jetta whereas the teenager was within the passenger seat on Feb. 7, 2021.
Touaibi and his co-defendant, Aymane Bouadi, had been charged with first-degree homicide after the 15-year-old was killed in Montreal’s St-Léonard borough by photographs fired from a Mercedes that had pulled up beside the Jetta.
The trial in Superior Court docket has heard that Boundaoui was caught within the crossfire of a dispute that didn’t contain her, which arose between two family-owned companies over parking spots.
Labelle says his consumer fired towards the automotive as a result of he was afraid of being shot and wished to scare others close by, however had not realized {the teenager} was inside.
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