Jurors hear chilling 911 call from the day of fatal Bruce Avenue fire in Sudbury
CBC
There was evidence from neighbours and firefighters about the fatal fire at a Bruce Avenue townhouse on the second day of the trial of a 27 year-old Sudbury man.
Liam Stinson is charged with three counts of first degree murder in connection with the blaze that claimed the lives of three people in April of 2021.
He has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Jamie-Lynn Rose, Jasmine Somers and Guy Henri, also known as Popcorn, perished in the fire.
The first witness in the jury trial was 40 year-old David Cheff who lived at the townhouse and who escaped the fire by jumping out an upper storey window.
The day began with Stinson's lawyer, Joseph Wilkinson, cross-examining him, focused on the nature of the relationships among Cheff, his roommates, and Stinson leading up the April 11th fire, and whether there was any animosity among them.
Cheff testified he often smoked crack with Stinson.
He said they both sold drugs but were not competitors because he sold speed and Stinson sold fentanyl.
He said at the time of the fire, he did not owe Stinson any money and didn't think they had any "beef".
As for Rose, Cheff said she was involved in a relationship with Stinson, but was staying at his house after some arguments with Stinson.
Cheff testified he didn't think Stinson was upset with him about that, although Stinson wanted Rose to come back to him.
After further questioning, Cheff also testified he didn't think Stinson had any reason to be upset with the two other people staying with him - his friend Popcorn, and a new friend, Somers.
The evidence then shifted again to the night of the fire with the playing of a recorded 911 call from Cheff's neighbour, 32 year-old Melissa Bergeron.
Bergeron said at that time, she was in the basement of her unit and heard yelling and banging, then someone shout "fire!".
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