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As Calgarian Kyreese Wright lay dying from a sword wound to the center, his killer stood over him and instructed him his harm was not that severe, a witness testified Tuesday.
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Dao Wako, who lived within the Panatella Courtroom NW house in addition to Wright and confessed killer Michael Elendu, mentioned the accused killer additionally recorded the macabre scene.
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“He recorded Kyreese along with his telephone,” Wako instructed Crown prosecutor Samina Dhalla.
“Telling Kyreese ‘it isn’t that severe… you are overreacting’.”
Elendu (21) is charged with second-degree homicide within the demise of Wright (20) on December 16, 2020.
By his lawyer, Derek Jugnauth, Elendu admitted manslaughter within the deadly assault, however the Crown goes earlier than a Courtroom of King’s Bench jury on the homicide cost.
Witness describes scene the place sufferer died
Wako mentioned the deadly altercation started with Wright being woken up at round 10:30 within the morning by loud music performed by the accused whereas he and Elendu had been doing homework.
The 2 then argued and every threatened the opposite that they might reduce them.
The dispute started on the principle degree of the two-story house earlier than briefly shifting upstairs earlier than Wright grabbed a knife within the kitchen and went to the basement bed room of one other roommate, Tafari Carefoote-Jones.
He mentioned he may hear Elendu telling Carefoote-Jones to open the door earlier than listening to a thud which he believed was Wright falling to the ground.
Wako, who was within the kitchen on the principle ground, then went to the basement the place he and two feminine roommates tried to manage CPR to the sufferer.
When he received to the bed room, Elendu stood over Wright, however left after about 5 seconds, Wako instructed Dhalla.
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However a minute to 90 seconds later, the defendant returned and recorded Wright on his telephone, the witness mentioned.
“He took like a 10-second video,” Wako mentioned.
Elendu “sweared at him, instructed him to rise up, it isn’t that severe, overreacted,” the witness mentioned.
Sufferer, killer ‘butted heads’, says witness
Below cross-examination by Jugnauth, Wako mentioned there was previous enmity between the 2 males.
“At this stage it wasn’t utterly uncommon for you?” requested the lawyer.
“Probably not… They butted heads a bit,” Wako mentioned.
Jugnauth urged that the witness didn’t see Elendu recording the aftermath of the stabbing, however solely heard that it occurred from another person.
“I used to be there when he recorded,” Wako mentioned.
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And the lawyer urged that the witness may need some bias towards his consumer.
“It is honest to say you’d wish to see Michael convicted of homicide?” Jugnauth requested.
“In fact,” Wako mentioned. “I do not assume anybody desires murderers to stroll freely of their group, so sure, I need to see him convicted, as anybody would.”
The trial, scheduled for 3 weeks, resumes on Wednesday.
KMartin@postmedia.com
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