Liam Casey
Joe Callaghan Crown, top left, Justice Anne Molloy, accused Alek Minassian and Boris Bytensky are shown during a murder trial conducted via Zoom videoconference in this courtroom sketch on Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Alexandra Newbould
December 18, 2020 - 2:32 PM
TORONTO - The man who killed 10 people by deliberately driving down pedestrians on a Toronto sidewalk is a mass murderer who happened to have autism spectrum disorder, the prosecution said Friday.
Crown attorney Joe Callaghan said in closing arguments that Alek Minassian's autism spectrum disorder â or ASD â didn't push the man to carry out the attack on April 23, 2018.
Rather, Callaghan argues, Minassian knew what he was doing was wrong.