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He and his co-accused, Nathan Truant, are charged with manslaughter concerning the attack that killed Carriere near the Queensway Transit Exchange on Canada Day in 2018 as a fireworks display rung out above.
Their ongoing trial continued on Monday (March 8), as the Crown showed interrogation footage taken after Vaten香蕉视频直播檚 arrest in Manitoba on Jan. 26, 2019. After police arrested and charged Vaten in Winnipegosis, Man., he was taken to Dauphin, Man. where police questioned him.
Vaten told the interrogating officer his memory is spotty due to the drugs and alcohol he used that night. He claimed he blacked out at 8 p.m., hours before Carriere was attacked just before 11 p.m. When the interrogator asked him if he香蕉视频直播檇 seen the fireworks, which happened at the same time Carriere was attacked, Vaten paused briefly before saying he didn香蕉视频直播檛 think he had.
The next thing he remembered with certainty was his arrest early the next morning 香蕉视频直播� not for the alleged stabbing but for causing a disturbance in front of the Rutland Community Policing Office.
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The cop put Vaten in a cruiser to take him to the Kelowna RCMP香蕉视频直播檚 holding cells. Vaten said he began crying, saying, 香蕉视频直播淚 was given too much liquor and cocaine.香蕉视频直播�
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Vaten spent the night in a holding cell. His cellmate from that night testified earlier in the trial that Vaten confessed to the killing and even reenacted it. Vaten香蕉视频直播檚 friend, Colby McKee-Lanchick, also testified earlier in the trial that Vaten admitted to the killing the morning after it happened.
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The conversation remained cordial until the interrogator informed Vaten his story didn香蕉视频直播檛 line up with accounts given to police by the people he was with that night.
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Vaten retorted: 香蕉视频直播淚f I told people I went around and did it, that香蕉视频直播檇 be red, wouldn香蕉视频直播檛 it?香蕉视频直播�
Vaten said if the police had evidence he had something to do with Carriere香蕉视频直播檚 death, the interrogation was pointless.
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The officer explained the investigative process police use, which involves talking to all parties involved. She also told him the Crown had approved the manslaughter charge against him, which means prosecutors saw a substantial likelihood of conviction based on available evidence.
After the officer left the interrogation room, Vaten leaned on a table with his head in his hand for a couple of minutes before another officer entered. He remarked Vaten looked like he had 香蕉视频直播渢he weight of the world on his shoulders香蕉视频直播� before escorting him out of the room.
During the trial proceedings on Monday morning, Vaten wore a Dragon Ball Z sweatshirt and sat motionless in the prisoners香蕉视频直播� box, staring down at a monitor showing the interrogation video.
The trial continues.
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