Young daughter testifies in father’s Fort Saskatchewan murder trial
Again in November 2019, the accused’s daughter was simply 5 years outdated when she stated she watched her child brother get attacked by their father.
The morning after the lethal assault within the household’s Fort Saskatchewan dwelling, she sat down with a police officer on the Zebra Youngster Safety Centre.
Taking part in with a small sandbox, she recounted the minutes main as much as her one-year-old brother’s loss of life.
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On Thursday, the jury in an Edmonton courtroom watched the recording of that 2019 interview.
The little woman stated her and “daddy” have been sleeping on totally different couches in the lounge whereas her one-year-old brother performed with toys on the ground.
She instructed the officer her brother began crying. Then their dad obtained up.
“He began preventing us,” she stated within the video.
“He was stepping on him… he threw him… on the sofa.”
She instructed the officer her dad punched her brother “In every single place, even on the lips.”
The little woman stated her dad additionally fought her: “Punched me within the head and the cheek…. along with his knuckles… thrice.”
When requested what occurred subsequent, she instructed the officer her father stated sorry and he or she went to see her brother.
“I used to be making an attempt to get him awake, however he died although,” she stated.
“He has to go to heaven as a result of he misplaced all his blood.”
The daughter, now seven years outdated, petted a service canine whereas chatting with the court docket on Thursday.
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When cross-examined, she agreed with the defence when he stated after the preventing was executed, her dad wakened and requested her what occurred.
She additionally agreed she stated, “Daddy you hit him, you hit him.”
On the outset of the trial, the defence admitted the daddy did kill his son, however argues he didn’t do it consciously, being in some way asleep on the time.
The defence stated it intends to name a world famend sleep physician to the stand later within the trial.
