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Justice Julie Bourgeois has made it a rule during the pandemic that everyone in her courtroom wear a mask. Itâs also the law in Ontario.
But as an Ottawa Uber driverâs sexual assault trial was about to begin recently, he asked that the alleged victim â one of his passengers â be required to remove her mask while testifying.
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Credibility was a central issue in the case, and it was important to be able to assess the witnessâs facial expressions, his lawyer argued.
Lennese Kublu had been originally charged with second-degree murder in the killing of Susan Kuplu.
Author of the article: Gary Dimmock
Publishing date: Jan 29, 2021 • February 12, 2021 • 3 minute read A Facebook photo of Lennese Kublu. Photo by Facebook /Postmedia
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Moments after Lennese Kublu, just 18, stabbed her mother to death in a drunken fight, she wanted to call the police but her abusive, controlling boyfriend said he’d kill her if she did.
Dwight Brown instead forced her to help toss her mother’s corpse into a dumpster outside their Penny Drive row house on the night of Jan. 10, 2019. She was then forced to clean up the bloody mess inside.