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Legebokoff Case Nearing Jury Deliberation

Monday, September 8, 2014 @ 3:58 AM

courthousePrince George, B.C.- The multiple murder trial of Cody Alan Legebokoff is expected to  enter  another stage today as  BC Supreme Court Justice Glen Parrett is scheduled to  start  giving his instructions to the jury.

The instructions will include  legal information  such as the difference between first and second degree murder.

Last week, Legebokoff’s lawyer, James Heller,  called on the jury to find his client  guilty of second degree murder in the deaths of Jill Stuchenko, Cynthia Maas, Natasha Montgomery and Loren Leslie.  Heller  says his client  has admitted to being  an accessory but not to  delivering the death blows in the killings.

The Crown on the other hand, has advised the jury  that it believes Legebokoff  should be found guilty of first degree murder as it is the Crown’s submission that Legebokoff planned and deliberated  the killings which the Crown says were done in the  course of  a sexual assault.

Justice Parrett had indicated last week that  his instructions will take at least one day to complete.

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