An RCMP crime lab forensic specialist mentioned the estimated chance of randomly deciding on an unrelated individual from the Canadian Caucasian inhabitants with the identical profile is one in 200 quintillion
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Gadgets seized by police throughout their investigation into the deadly taking pictures of a Chestermere man contained DNA matching that of homicide suspect Richard Sikora, courtroom heard Thursday.
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RCMP crime lab forensic specialist Robert Schimpf carried out checks on a knife discovered on the scene of Dennis Lewis’ homicide in his Chestermere dwelling and gadgets seized from a burned, stolen SUV believed to be was utilized by the killers.
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The burnt-out car was present in northeast Calgary on the night of November 26, 2018, simply hours after 4 males stormed Lewis’ dwelling whereas he and his spouse had been watching TV.
Sikora and Jacob Tolchinsky are charged with first-degree homicide within the taking pictures loss of life of Lewis.
Two different males, Justin Gittens and Joseph Pillay, earlier pleaded responsible to manslaughter for his or her function within the homicide.
The courtroom additionally heard a police assertion given by Tolchinsky through which he admitted fatally taking pictures Lewis however mentioned the gun went off by accident whereas they had been making an attempt to rob him.
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Whereas Tolchinsky didn’t know which gadgets had been focused within the dwelling invasion, it’s Crown prosecutors Lori Chambers and Kaitlyn Perrin’s idea that the bandits had been after the 13 firearms Lewis stored in a gun secure within the dwelling.
Suspect’s DNA discovered on a number of gadgets
Schimpf mentioned he in contrast Sikora’s blood to DNA discovered on a wooden-handled knife found on the scene and located a match.
He mentioned the estimated chance of randomly deciding on an unrelated individual from the Canadian Caucasian inhabitants with the identical profile was one in 200 quintillion.
Two areas of a bit of a disposable glove discovered within the burned-out Ford Edge hours after the slaying on Del Monica Place NE additionally had genetic materials matching Sikora’s DNA profile, Schimpf mentioned.
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A cigarette butt present in the identical car had mixed-origin DNA, with the most important element additionally matching Sikora, he mentioned.
Following the skilled proof, Perrin closed the Crown’s case by studying two brief statements of agreed information, together with an admission that when the 4 robbers fled moments after Lewis was shot, Pillay on the useless man’s widow, Lavern Gold , yelled to name 911.
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Gold testified earlier that she and Lewis had been watching TV when two bandits pressured their method by the entrance door of their dwelling earlier than letting two others in by the again door.
Each protection counsel Shaun Leochko (for Sikora) and Andrea Serink (for Tolchinsky) informed King’s Bench decide Willie deWit that they’d not name proof on behalf of their shoppers.
Closing arguments will start Monday afternoon.
KMartin@postmedia.com
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