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A Calgary-area girl typically sobbed uncontrollably as she described the terrifying raid on her Chestermere residence that resulted in her husband’s demise.
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Lavern Gold testified that she and husband Dennis Lewis had been watching TV in the lounge of their residence on the morning of November 26, 2018, once they heard a knock on their door.
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However as an alternative of delivering a Christmas current for her grandson she was ready to be dropped off, this was the start of the previous couple of minutes of Lewis’ life.
Gold says two males burst into the home and wrestled her husband to the ground.
One then ordered Lewis to unlock the again door, however when he moved to take action, he was stabbed within the higher chest, Gold mentioned.
The door was lastly opened and two extra intruders rushed in.
“The 2 guys stood behind the couches, took out their weapons, loaded them and mentioned ‘everyone get on the bottom, no person’s going to get damage,'” she advised Crown prosecutor Lori Chambers, illustrating a loopy transfer.
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“Simply kick him and kick him and kick him within the head,” she mentioned, barely capable of describe occasions via her sobs.
“The subsequent half I noticed was two of the attackers … actually needed to choose him up off the bottom as a result of he could not stroll and so they dragged him into the workplace,” Gold mentioned.
“After which the gun went off.”
She says all 4 then fled the house earlier than she referred to as 911 for assist. Gold mentioned she didn’t see the precise taking pictures as a result of she turned her head away briefly when the weapon was fired.
In response to a press release of agreed information signed by protection attorneys Andrea Serink and Shaun Leochko, safety footage from the couple’s neighbors’ houses confirmed two males approaching the residence from the entrance and two from the again.
Chambers mentioned the 2 who initially approached had been Justin Gittens and Joseph Pillay, who pleaded responsible to manslaughter in Lewis’ demise final 12 months.
After three or 4 minutes had handed, three males could possibly be seen operating from the entrance of the home, whereas a fourth fled right into a inexperienced area within the rear.
The trial was set for 3 weeks.
KMartin@postmedia.com
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