Crown’s opening address outlines shocking revelations at Nathaniel Veltman murder trial
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The Crown wasted little time in pointing the finger at the man accused of killing a London, Ont. Muslim family by running them over with a pickup truck as opening statements got underway in a Windsor courtroom on Monday.
The Crown wasted little time in pointing the finger at the man accused of killing a London, Ont. Muslim family by running them over with a pickup truck as opening statements got underway in a Windsor courtroom on Monday.
In her opening address, Sarah Shaikh told the jury that evidence will show Nathaniel Veltman, 22, intended to kill the family.
She said, through two police interviews, evidence will show that Veltman had planned the murders for three months.
“Mr. Veltman got into his truck and went to search for Muslims to kill,” she said.
She told the jury that Veltman saw the Afzaal family walking along Hyde Park Road in west London on June 6, 2021 and identified them as Muslims by the clothes they were wearing.
“He [Veltman] made a U-turn and drove directly at them...in his own words he was going, ‘Pedal to the metal,’” said Shaikh.
The Crown said evidence will show that after he was arrested, Veltman told police that he killed a bunch of people and that he knew what he was doing and didn’t regret it.
