A Toronto man unlawfully precipitated the dying of his dad and mom and tried to kill his brother in Etobicoke in September 2022, an Ontario decide has dominated.
Superior Courtroom Justice Joan Barrett delivered her resolution within the judge-alone trial of Alpha Henry in a Toronto courtroom Thursday.
Henry is charged with two counts of second-degree homicide within the deaths of his dad and mom, Colin Henry, 68, and Veronica Henry, 67, and tried homicide of his brother, Daniel Kwame Henry.
However Barrett stopped in need of discovering Henry responsible Thursday, as his defence crew had indicated in November that they plan to file a movement declaring him not criminally accountable based mostly on psychological sickness if the courtroom had discovered he dedicated an illegal act.
Barrett mentioned in her causes that she fully rejects the proof by the defence introduced at trial.
“I don’t consider the defendant’s account that Daniel attacked him and his dad and mom,” the decide writes. “I fully reject his proof. The defendant’s account doesn’t accord with cause and customary sense.”
On Sept. 21, 2022, at about 1:30 a.m., Toronto police had been referred to as to a unit in an house constructing at 27 Bergamot Ave., close to Islington Avenue and Rexdale Boulevard.
Once they arrived, they discovered Henry’s dad and mom lifeless of their bathtub. Each had been stabbed and doused with gasoline.
Alpha Henry, was arrested close by after his youthful brother, Daniel, referred to as 911 from a fuel station. Courtroom heard Daniel had gone dwelling after being overseas and had a scuffle along with his brother, earlier than overpowering him and fleeing to get assist.
Daniel was additionally arrested however launched unconditionally the subsequent day. Alpha was later charged.
Proof overwhelming, decide says
The Crown argued Henry killed his dad and mom of their house on Sept. 19, 2022. Courtroom heard that after weeks of being estranged from his household, Henry went to their dwelling that morning.
The Crown mentioned that proof confirmed he used a knife to stab his dad and mom between 11:30 a.m. and 12:20 p.m. Safety footage confirmed him coming and going from the house within the days following their deaths.
The Crown additionally argued that he used his mom’s key fob to get out and in of the constructing and her cellphone to acquire the providers of an escort on the night time his dad and mom had been killed. He was seen buying fuel, which the Crown alleged he used to douse his dad and mom’ our bodies in after putting them within the bathtub on the house.
The decide mentioned the proof in opposition to Henry was overwhelming.
Defence blamed brother for fogeys’ deaths
The defence argued Henry didn’t commit the murders however that Daniel did. Courtroom heard Daniel lived along with his dad and mom within the house, labored as a flight attendant and had been on a visit to Japan earlier than the deaths.
He returned dwelling within the early morning of Sept. 20 and went to his dad or mum’s dwelling on Sept. 21 after assembly with buddies.
The Crown argued that Henry attacked Daniel with a knife when he walked by the door however he was in a position to take the knife from him. Daniel then fled the house with a knife and referred to as 911 from a close-by fuel station.
Henry informed police that he was attacked by his brother after Daniel had stabbed his dad and mom to dying.
In the long run, the decide decided that Henry dedicated the illegal acts of killing and making an attempt to kill.
The decide has set the subsequent courtroom look for Jan. 17. It’s anticipated that the defence will make an argument for Henry to be discovered not criminally accountable and ask the decide to have Alpha Henry examined by a forensic psychiatrist.
