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The circumstantial evidence the Crown alleges points a finger squarely at double-murder suspect Christopher Naidu falls well short of establishing his guilt, his lawyer argued Tuesday.
In final submissions before Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Jim Eamon, defence counsel Jim Lutz said Naidu should be acquitted on two charges of first-degree murder.
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Reading from a Court of Appeal decision on how to weigh circumstantial evidence Lutz noted Eamon must look at alternative explanations for what the Crown says shows Naidu is the killer.
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Double-murder suspect Christopher Naidu will not be testifying in his own defence, his lawyer told court Wednesday.
Following the close of the Crown’s case and after a consultation with his client over a brief adjournment, defence counsel Jim Lutz said Naidu would not take the witness stand.
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“The defence will not be calling evidence,” Lutz told Justice Jim Eamon after more than two weeks of Crown evidence in the case.
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The sister of slain Calgary drug dealer Joshua Bamfo testified Wednesday that his alleged murderer broke down in tears when he came face-to-face with the dead manâs mother.
But after composing himself Christopher Naidu started asking Crystal Bamfo about the investigation into her brotherâs killing, going so far as to go to the brotherâs bedroom to look for clues into what happened to him, she said.
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Crystal Bamfo said Naidu was a close family friend and she tried to contact him the day her brother and his friend Mahad Ainanshe were fatally shot in an alley in the northwest community of Evanston.
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The bodies of Joshua Brendan Bamfo, 25, and Mahad Abdiraham Ainanshe, 23, were found in this vehicle on April 20, 2018. Christopher Naidu is on trial for murder. (Mark Matulis/CBC)
Two men were fatally shot inside an SUV over the contact list for drug clients, the prosecution has alleged in its opening statement at the accused killer s murder trial in Calgary.
Christopher Naidu s first-degree murder trial began Monday. Naidu is accused of killing Joshua Brendan Bamfo, 25, and Mahad Abdiraham Ainanshe, 23, in April 2018.
According to the Crown s theory, the three men were partners in the drug trade but had a falling out just before the killings.
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