The defence began outlining its case Monday in the first-degree murder trial of a Quebec cardiologist charged in the stabbing deaths of his two small children.
Guy Turcotte has admitted to causing the 2009 deaths of Olivier, 5, and Anne-Sophie, 3, but has pleaded not guilty to two counts of first-degree murder.
After calling more than two dozen witnesses, the Crown wrapped up its case Friday at the trial in Saint-Jerome, a city north of Montreal.
It is the second trial for Turcotte. In 2011, he was found not criminally responsible for the deaths and remanded to a Montreal psychiatric facility and released in December 2012.
The verdict in his first trial was thrown out after the courts found the initial judge had made a mistake in communicating with the jury.
An appeals process went to the Supreme Court and resulted in Turcotte’s re-arrest last year.
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