REGINA — A Regina couple accused of killing a four-year-old girl and assaulting her two-year-old sister sobbed and embraced after the husband wrapped up two days of testimony at their trial.
Kevin and Tammy Goforth are charged with second-degree murder and causing bodily harm.
They were caregivers for the girls when they were rushed to hospital severely malnourished and dehydrated on Aug. 1, 2012; the elder sister died, the other recovered.
Crown prosecutor Dan Brule read transcripts of the interview between police and Kevin Goforth in which he told police his wife reached a breaking point a few weeks before the girls were brought to hospital and didn't care anymore.
Brule also read that Kevin Goforth told police his wife used a cargo strap to tie the four year old girl's feet together and that his wife was responsible for bruises on the girls.
Goforth replied that was a lie, adding police were putting words in his mouth.
"I am sorry we couldn't get them back to health," he testified, crying. "I thought it was just another time the girls were sickly."
Lawyers will present their closing arguments on Thursday morning. Justice Ellen Gunn will provide instructions to the jury on Friday morning.
