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The Globe and Mail Liam Casey Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account Getting audio file ... This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press Some of the Toronto van attack victims and their families are nervously waiting to learn the fate of the man whose deadly rampage three years ago changed their lives forever. On Wednesday ...

TORONTO - Some of the Toronto van attack victims and their families are nervously waiting to learn the fate of...

Defence argues Alek Minassian was incapable of rational choice at time of Toronto van attack by The Canadian Press Posted Dec 17, 2020 12:59 pm EDT Police are seen near a damaged van in Toronto after a van mounted a sidewalk crashing into a number of pedestrians on Monday, April 23, 2018. Two years ago, on April 23, 2018, Alek Minassian rented a van and drove it down a busy Toronto sidewalk on a sunny afternoon, striking dozens along the two-kilometre route. He told police just hours after the ...

Prosecution rests case against Torontos van attack killer; trial nears end by The Canadian Press Posted Dec 15, 2020 11:28 am EDT The 28-year-old Minassian, from Richmond Hill, Ont., has pleaded not guilty to 10 counts of first-degree murder and 16 counts of attempted murder. THE CANADIAN PRESS The trial of a man who killed 10 people by deliberately driving a van onto a Toronto sidewalk has finished hearing evidence. Closing arguments from prosecution and defence are expected to start Thursday...

Article content TORONTO — The lawyer for Toronto van attacker Alek Minassian challenged the expertise and methods of a key prosecution witness, a psychiatrist who offered a stiff rebuttal to Minassian’s claim he should be found not guilty of mass murder because of his mental state. Dr. Scott Woodside, a forensic psychiatrist who often testifies as an expert witness in cases of an accused seeking a not-criminally responsible verdict, took issue earlier with defence evidence at trial that aut...

TORONTO - The man who killed 10 pedestrians by driving a van on a Toronto sidewalk believed he would fail in life and wanted to make his mark on the world with a large-scale attack, court heard Thursday.

The man who killed 10 pedestrians by driving a van on a Toronto sidewalk believed he would fail in life and wanted to make his mark on the world with a large-scale attack, court heard Thursday.