Halifax medical student ‘not a criminal mastermind,’ defence tells murder trial
HALIFAX — A Halifax university student is not a “criminal mastermind” and the Crown has twisted evidence in the case to fit its theory that William Sandeson murdered Taylor Samson during a drug deal, defence lawyer Eugene Tan told the jury Monday.
In his closing arguments, Tan said the Crown has attempted to make Sandeson look like a “calculated murderer who mapped out every detail,” when evidence presented at the trial showed the opposite.
“They (the prosecutors) believe William Sandeson to be a criminal mastermind,” Tan said before a packed courtroom at Nova Scotia Supreme Court, eventually asking the jury to acquit the 24-year-old man.
“Mr. Sandeson is not a criminal mastermind. He didn’t think things through. He certainly didn’t expect any of the things that happened to happen.”