Murder sentencing put over until Thursday
Posted Jan 20, 2010 04:06:47 AM.
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A decision on sentencing in the Hunter Brown murder will not be made until Thursday afternoon.
The judge presiding over the case made the announcement in a Kitchener Superior Court Tuesday.
24-year-old Kitchener man Trevor Lapierre spoke Tuesday, for the first time in the two day proceedings, saying, “yes” or “no” when he made a statement regarding the murder of 74-year-old Brown back in December 2007.
Lapierre spoke quietly to the judge saying he felt regret for what he had done.
He added he wants the Brown family to have Hunter back, and for his grandchildren to see him again.
The crown prosecutor argued earlier in the day that Lapierre’s lack of remorse was one reason the judge should not allow him to have a chance of parole before fifteen to eighteen years of his mandatory life sentence.
But the main reason for that is because Lapierre’s medical records do not show a consistent diagnoses of mental illness, and some doctors even stated he was exaggerating symptoms and trying to manipulate his diagnoses.
The defence argued there is no hard and fast test to show a patient is faking, and that Lapierre had shown remorse during his confession to police.
The trial concludes Thursday at 3:00 p.m. when the judge is expected to make the ruling on parole eligibility.
