Throughout his assault trial on Friday, Gary Costa recounted a scene of chaos and misery, depicting the Cedar Grove Path Park in Wasaga Seashore, which he and his household visited on weekends, as a harmful surroundings marred by drug abuse.
Costa, 42, is accused of beating a neighbour on the trailer park in July 2022 when police say he turned so enraged he despatched the senior to the hospital with vital accidents.
Throughout cross-examination, the Crown steered that Costa’s anger in the direction of his neighbour had been simmering for a while and escalated to violence after a sequence of traumatic incidents that summer season.
Costa testified shortly after arriving on the trailer park on July 29, he heard loud popping noises exterior and believed his neighbour was firing a compressed BB gun. He advised the court docket he requested the neighbour if he was loopy and mentioned the person gave the impression to be drunk and on medicine. He mentioned he took his kids inside and denied going after him.
Nonetheless, the Crown countered with, “You have been fed up with him, and also you have been going to take issues into your individual palms.”
The Crown added, “He is an outdated drunk man, and also you took benefit of that.”
Costa continued to disclaim any involvement within the man’s accidents.
“I by no means touched him,” he replied.
The daddy of 4 testified seeing his neighbour stumbling round his trailer and falling over earlier than being taken inside by one other man.
The accidents sustained by the sufferer, as outlined in an Agreed Assertion of Details, have been described as extreme, together with a mind bleed, damaged nasal bone, fractures to his orbital bone, and facial bruising.
The trial is scheduled to proceed subsequent month, with each side presenting closing submissions.
