Man who killed and decapitated mother apologizes in court
Dallas Ly had testified he never intended to kill Tien Ly but was reacting to her abuse throughout his childhood.
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Dallas Ly had testified he never intended to kill Tien Ly but was reacting to her abuse throughout his childhood.
A ‘lifetime of abuse’ led Dallas Ly to snap and repeatedly stab his mother inside their Leslieville apartment in 2022 but he never intended to kill her, his defence lawyers argued during his murder trial in Toronto on Thursday.
At closing arguments Thursday after a three-week trial, the defence said Dallas Ly did not intend to kill his mother when he struck her with a knife.
Dallas Ly's lawyer says the 23-year-old will testify he "saw red" during their final fight when he tried to leave mom's "abusive home."
The trial of a Toronto man who is accused of brutally stabbing his mother to death in their Leslieville condo and dismembering her body in March 2022 got underway this week.