The jury returned with the verdict against Trent Butt, which carries an automatic life sentence with no chance of parole for 25 years
No one at the trial disputed that Butt killed his daughter Quinn at his Carbonear, N.L., home in April 2016, before setting the house ablaze.The jury was asked to decide whether the death was planned and deliberate, which would mean Butt was guilty of first-degree murder, or if he was guilty of a lesser charge.
Crown lawyer Lloyd Strickland said the killing was a calculated plan to inflict suffering on his estranged wife. The video from the night in question showed Butt moving his truck and later putting something in it. Quinn’s voice is heard on the tape after Butt moved the truck. Butt left a suicide note in the truck saying he had killed Quinn and himself to keep her apart from her mother, Butt’s estranged wife Andrea Gosse.After closing arguments and the judge’s charge Thursday, jurors deliberated for about four hours before retiring for the evening.
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