While cross-examining forensic pathologist Dr. Jason Morin Tuesday, Ibrahim Ali's lawyer Ben Lynskey challenged the Crown theory that the 13-year-old his client is accused of killing was sexually assaulted.
The issue of sexual assault emerged as a “key” issue for the defence at the trial of a man accused of murdering a 13-year-old girl found dead in a Burnaby park six years ago.
Ibrahim Ali is on trial in B.C. Supreme Court for first-degree murder in the death of the teen, whose body was found in Central Park on July 19, 2017, less than two hours after her family reported her missing.Last week, Crown prosecutor Isobel Keeley took Morin and the jury through findings in his autopsy report, including injuries to the victim’s vagina, anus and rectum.
This week, however, Lynskey returned to the topic during cross examination Tuesday, challenging Morin on the “initial observations” he had referenced earlier.“You can’t say whether these injuries, in isolation, were the result of forced or non-forced intercourse, fair?” Lynskey asked.
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