Planned, violent ambush or weak evidence? Crown and defence close Metchosin murder trial
Posted: Dec. 12, 2022 6:27PMBoth Crown and defence made their closing arguments Monday in the high-profile first-degree murder trial involving two suspects who escaped from William Head Penitentiary at low tide in July of 2019. Prosecutors are suggesting the pair planned the violent ambush on 60-year-old Martin Payne, but defence argues the evidence is weak.
“Every single time they are seen, they are together. From the time of their escape, through to their arrest, they’re together,” said Crown prosecutor Chandra Fisher to the 12-person jury. Crown painted a picture of a pair who were running out of options and needed a hideout. Fisher said Payne’s isolated Metchosin home “must have seemed like the perfect place to wait.”Armitage used Payne’s landline to make multiple calls. The first two phone calls he made were to friends asking for money, help, and a ride.Later in the day, Armitage made a call to a water taxi company to see if it serviced Vancouver Island to the Mainland. It was yet another dead end.
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