The Crown focused on confinement and the "act of abandonment" that led to Alexander Norwegian's death on Monday. Now, the defence will deliver his closing arguments.
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Posted: May 13, 2021 5:00 AM CT | Last Updated: May 13
A photo exhibit entered during the trial of James Thomas shows the Mazda Protege, with broken windows, that the victim of a robbery and beating was found in more than a day after the attack.(Public Prosecution Service of Canada)
A special constable who spent his policing career prioritizing education and deterrence over enforcement, spent hours in court Wednesday detailing his years-long rapport with a pivotal witness in the trial of James Thomas.
Thomas is on trial for first degree murder and robbery in the death of 25-year-old Alex Norwegian in Hay River, Northwest Territories, in the early hours of Dec. 27, 2017.
Posted: May 10, 2021 7:00 AM CT | Last Updated: May 10
The first degree murder and robbery trial of James Thomas continues in N.W.T. Supreme Court in Yellowknife. On Friday, co-accused Levi Cayen recanted much of what he said in an earlier statement to police, testifying he acted alone.(Walter Strong/CBC)
Days after a 25-year-old man was found beaten and frozen in a car near Hay River, Northwest Territories, a tearful Levi Cayen confessed to police that he and his cousin, James Thomas, had beaten the man and left him in the car, bloodied and dazed, that frigid winter night.
In court on Friday, Cayen said it was all a lie.
The victim in a murder trial underway in Yellowknife was found in a car with broken windows, without a coat, in temperatures below -20 C. A pathologist found evidence he died of hypothermia, but said there "would be a substantial risk of death from the head injuries alone."