accused in brossard triple murder will raise no defence in trial
mohamad al ballouz is charged with the second-degree murder of her wife, synthia bussières, and the first-degree murders of their two sons.
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mohamad al ballouz is recorded by a surveillance camera inside the condo building in brossard where al ballouz lived with synthia bussières and their two sons zac, 2, and eliam, 5.
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the accused in a triple murder case in brossard said wednesday she would raise no defence in her trial, putting an end to a week of legal discussions after the prosecution declared its case closed. the crown has argued that 38-year-old mohamad al ballouz, who now identifies as a woman, stabbed her wife repeatedly before killing their two children the night of sept. 24, 2022. al ballouz is charged with the second-degree murder of her wife, synthia bussières, and the first-degree murders of their two sons, zac, 2, and eliam, 5.
al ballouz has acted as her own lawyer and refers to herself in court as levana ballouz.
synthia bussières and sons zac and eliam were killed in brossard on the night of sept. 24, 2022.
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wednesday morning, superior court justice éric downs called the jury in and repeated that he had been hearing arguments on legal issues over the course of several days since the prosecution declared its case closed.
“we will resume our work today,” downs told the jury, asking the jurors to return before him wednesday afternoon. downs, the crown and al ballouz “have certain things to discuss. this affair is not over. there are still other steps to come.”
but when the jury returned in the afternoon, al ballouz simply announced she wouldn’t be presenting a defence in her trial. downs then informed the jury that closing arguments in the case will be heard early next week.
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last week, the jury heard evidence that suggested bussières was killed first. she suffered 23 stab wounds and pathologist yann pazé determined that the wounds caused damage to blood vessels in bussières’s neck.
pazé also did the autopsies on the two boys and testified that he was not able to determine what caused their deaths.
part of the crown’s theory is that al ballouz started a fire inside the family’s condominium on st-laurent blvd. in brossard, then drank windshield wiper fluid before firefighters burst into the home. al ballouz was found lying on a bed between the boys.
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