Accused killer looked up how to cleanse self of evil because victim bit ‘into my neck’

The antheral accused of murdering a fashionable parkland caretaker successful Vancouver 3 years agone was backmost connected the basal successful B.C. Supreme Court connected Wednesday, arsenic the Crown pressed him connected his self-defence argument.

Brent White, 54, has pleaded not blameworthy to second-degree execution successful the decease of 77-year-0ld Justis Daniel.

Daniel was recovered successful the caretaker location wherever helium lived successful Tatlow Park with much than 40 stab wounds connected Dec. 10, 2021.

White has testified helium was defending himself with a weapon from his pocket, aft helium claims Daniel abruptly attacked him.

“It seemed that helium [Justis Daniel] knew precisely what helium was doing … He had conscionable assaulted maine by taking a wound retired of my neck, taking a wound into my neck,” helium told the court.

He further testified that helium was acrophobic Daniel whitethorn person consumed his blood, truthful helium researched however to cleanse himself of evil.

It’s an statement that makes small consciousness to Daniel’s friends and neighbours.

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“There’s nary mode this happened. There’s nary mode what helium is alleging happened. Justis would ne'er wound idiosyncratic successful the neck, wound a chunk retired of their neck,” person Andrew Brougham told Global News extracurricular the court.

“Justis was 1 of the astir harmless, passionate radical I person ever known, helium was the man who would, like, springiness the stateless idiosyncratic his overgarment due to the fact that helium knew helium was 5 minutes distant from home.”

The tribunal has already heard that Daniel was stabbed 42 times, 18 of them successful the look and head.

To unafraid a conviction, the Crown does not request to beryllium a motive, but it indispensable beryllium intent for the execution beyond a tenable doubt.

Under cross-examination, the Crown pressed White connected his mindset connected the time of the killing.

“At that time, Dec 9, 2021, that was not successful your mind, that Justis Daniel had vampiric tendencies?” the Crown asked.

“Oh no,” replied White.

Prosecutors spent important clip connected Wednesday focusing connected White’s idiosyncratic notebooks.

White, who was surviving successful a van astatine the time, appeared to beryllium functioning well, completing regular tasks and conducting probe connected assorted topics, the tribunal heard.

The defence has already told the tribunal White did not privation to prosecute a intelligence unwellness defence.

— with files from Rumina Daya