A person accused of brutally attacking random, unsuspecting folks in Hamilton in 2020 is standing trial for first-degree homicide and two counts of tried homicide.
The Crown says Keith Overholt is the person answerable for a murderous spree that happened in varied areas of downtown Hamilton starting the night of Nov. 9, 2020.
Overholt has pleaded not responsible to first-degree homicide and two counts of tried homicide.
The Crown alleges that inside a span of seven hours, the attacker brutally beat a girl strolling down the road on the nook of York Boulevard and Queen Avenue.
A responding police officer testified Wednesday that it was probably the most aggressive assault she had ever seen, after viewing the surveillance footage of the incident that night time. The jury watched the video displaying the lady being struck over the pinnacle with a big stick— she was hit 14 occasions and kicked as soon as, the police officer stated—earlier than the attacker walked away.
The court docket additionally heard that a couple of hours after this assault, a person matching the suspect’s description was stopped by police and questioned. Nonetheless, the officer testified that he didn’t have cheap grounds to detain the person, who recognized himself as Michael Cain, so he was let go.
Hours later, investigators allege the identical man went on to stab 29-year-old Andrew Ainscow 37 occasions in an alley close to James Avenue South. Ainscow died from his accidents, however the attacker continued. Minutes later, the Crown says, he swung his knife at one other man. A witness honked his horn, and by chance, the suspect fled.
Keith Overholt’s trial by jury continues Thursday.
