Day 3 of testimony for Kelowna man accused in fatal stabbing
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For the third day in a row, the man accused of fatally stabbing 23-year-old Esa Carriere took the stand in his own defence, the Crown walked the accused.
For the third day in a row, the man accused of fatally stabbing 23-year-old Esa Carriere took the stand in his own defence, the Crown walked the accused.
Court watched grainy surveillance videos that appear to show the activities of two of the men accused of Esa Carriere’s manslaughter around the time of his fatal stabbing.
Noah Vaten and Nathan Truant are both charged with his manslaughter.
Under cross-examination on the stand, Vaten agreed that one of the videos taken downtown near a dumpster appears to show him kneeling down and rubbing a knife on the curb.
In the hours after Carriere was stabbed, Vaten was thrown in the drunk tank for kicking at the windows of the Rutland police station.
Court watched surveillance video of him in jail, and the Crown suggested he appeared to make a stabbing motion while talking with his cellmate.
Vaten agreed, but he also noted that some of his later hand movements appear to be motions he makes when he raps.
Court also watched as the accused washed blood off of his hands in his jail cell.