Lawyers for accused in fatal truck attack on Muslim family in London, Ont., awaiting more info
CBC
Lawyers for the man charged in the fatal attack on a London, Ont., Muslim family this summer told court on Wednesday that they're waiting for more information from the Crown, as the accused made a brief court appearance from the detention centre.
Nathaniel Veltman, 20, appeared via video link from the Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre, where he has been since his arrest not long after the attack on the Afzaal family. Veltman faces first-degree murder charges, one attempted murder charge and associated terrorism charges.
The Crown has already sent over two sets of disclosure," and will be sending a third set soon, said assistant Crown attorney Jennifer Moser, one of the prosecutors handling the file.
On June 6, the five family members were struck by a black truck in London, Ont.
Salman Afzaal, 46, his wife Madiha Salman, 44, their daughter Yumna Afzaal, 15, and Salman's mother, Talat Afzaal, 74, were killed. The youngest member of the family survived. The nine-year-old has since been released from hospital and is being cared for by extended family.
Veltman was arrested a short drive from the scene of the crash.
On Wednesday, a law student appeared on behalf of Veltman's Toronto lawyer, Christopher Hicks, asking for more disclosure — the evidence prosecutors plan to use against an accused.
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