One of many males on trial for the homicide of 15-year-old Meriem Boundaoui has admitted he fired photographs on the automobile she was sitting in, however he says he didn’t assume there was anybody inside.
Salim Touaibi, 30, testified in his defence Monday, telling the jurors his intention was to scare folks standing exterior the car.
He says the automobile’s tinted home windows led him to imagine there was no one inside.
Meriem died after being shot within the head in Montreal’s Saint-Leonard borough on Feb. 7, 2021.
{The teenager} was inside a stopped automobile with one other particular person when a second car pulled up and Touaibi opened hearth on them. Crown prosecutors have stated Meriem was on the improper place on the improper time.
The trial heard the capturing was a part of a parking dispute between two close by companies – a bakery and a hair salon.
Touaibi and Aymane Bouadi, additionally 30, have been each charged with first-degree homicide and 4 counts of tried homicide. They have been of their mid-20s on the time of the capturing.