Plenty of surprises already at Wright’s second-degree murder trial
CTV
After just one week, there have already been some major developments in the second-degree murder trial of Robert Steven Wright.
After just one week, there have already been some major developments in the second-degree murder trial of Robert Steven Wright.
Perhaps the biggest is the fact Wright plans to take the stand to testify in his own defence. In addition, his defence team isn’t denying that he was there the morning of the killing, or that DNA found at the crime scene could be linked to him.
Wright is accused of killing Renee Sweeney, who was stabbed to death while working at a Sudbury video store at a Paris Street strip mall Jan. 27, 1998.
Crown attorney Rob Parsons and assistant Crown Kevin Ludgate provided a detailed narrative of events the morning Sweeney was killed.
After closing the store the night before, Sweeney was back at work the next morning at 9:30. She spoke on the phone with Fred Nurmi, manager of the New Sudbury location of Adults Only Video (AOV), three times that morning.
The first was before she did the regular bank deposit, just after 9:30 a.m.
