Murder trial: Lawyer grills William Sandeson on his ‘two very different sides’
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A Crown lawyer grilled William Sandeson during cross-examination about what she called his 'two very different sides' during his first-degree murder trial Tuesday.
A Crown lawyer grilled William Sandeson about what she called his “two very different sides” during his first-degree murder trial Tuesday.
Sandeson, 30, is accused of killing 22-year-old Taylor Samson during a 20-pound cannabis deal the evening of Aug. 15, 2015.
The former medical student living in Halifax spent much of Monday on the witness stand after the defence opened its case. He admitted to killing Samson, but said it was done in self-defence during a struggle over a gun.
He also claimed he dumped Samson’s body in the Bay of Fundy.
During cross-examination Tuesday, Crown prosecutor Carla Ball suggested Sandeson intended to murder Samson when he brought a gun to a meeting with him.
Ball went over some of what Sandeson told the court the previous day: that he had an “idyllic” childhood, that he grew up on his family farm with two loving parents and three younger brothers, that he had lots of opportunities, and that he was a varsity track athlete who attended medical school in the Caribbean and was about to start medical school at Dalhousie University.
She also asked if he agreed he had “another side.”
“I sold drugs,” said Sandeson, who testified he used to sell cannabis, MDMA and magic mushrooms.
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