Evidence against Sudbury murder suspect ‘overwhelming,’ Crown tells jury

The Crown prosecutor in Sudbury made his pitch to the jury Monday afternoon in the Robert Steven Wright murder trial, arguing evidence against him is “overwhelming.”

The Crown prosecutor in Sudbury made his pitch to the jury Monday afternoon in the Robert Steven Wright murder trial, arguing evidence against him is “overwhelming.”

Wright is charged in the stabbing death of Renee Sweeney on Jan. 27, 1998, at Adults Only Video in a strip mall on Paris Street.

“Robert Steven Wright murdered Renee Sweeney,” Crown prosecutor Rob Parsons told the 13 jurors, before rebutting many of the arguments the defence made in its closing arguments in the morning.

Defence attorney Michael Lacy presented an alternate suspect, John Fetterly, who was originally charged with the crime in February 1998 and then released.

Fetterly was obsessed with knives, jurors were told, and was charged with stealing pornography magazines not long after Sweeney’s death.

Porn magazines were also stolen at the Sweeney crime scene. Parsons said that appears to be incriminating, but it’s not.

“There’s absolutely no real physical or scientific evidence that supports the bald assertion that John Fetterly killed Renee Sweeney or that he was even in Sudbury,” he said.