"I am entering a plea of not criminally responsible for all counts," he said, staring into the camera while seated alone in a small room in the correctional facility where he is being held.
Minassian, who faces 10 counts of first-degree murder and 16 counts of attempted murder, has already admitted that he was the one behind the wheel on the day of the incident but entered not guilty pleas to all 26 charges on Tuesday morning.
Lawyers representing the man who killed 10 people and wounded 16 others when he deliberately plowed down pedestrians along a busy stretch of Yonge Street two years ago will argue that he is not criminally responsible for his actions despite admitting to planning and carrying out the deadly attack, a court heard Tuesday.Īlek Minassian’s judge-alone trial, which has twice been delayed, began on Tuesday morning via Zoom, one of the first high-profile cases in the country to proceed using the videoconferencing platform.ĭue to capacity limits inside Ontario courtrooms amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the trial is also being live-streamed at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre so members of the public can watch the proceedings.
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