'I had an urge to step on the gas': Accused in London, Ont. truck attack admits he entertained thought of attack in Toronto
CTV
During his third day on the stand, accused Nathaniel Veltman told the jury that on the evening of June 5, 2021 he drove to Toronto. 'I was entertaining the thought to committing an attack there in the future,' he said.
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Nathaniel Veltman, 22, returned to testify Monday for a third day in his ongoing murder trial in Windsor, Ont.
Veltman has previously pleaded not guilty to four counts of terrorism-motivated first-degree murder and one count of terrorism-motivated attempted murder.
At the start of the trial, Veltman admitted in an agreed statement of facts he was driving the pickup truck that struck the Afzaal family in London on June 6, 2021, killing four people and seriously injuring a fifth person.
On the evening of June 5, 2021, Veltman told the jury he drove to Toronto.
"I was entertaining the thought to committing an attack there (Toronto) in the future," Veltman said.
