NANAIMO, B.C. — Jury members are expected to begin deliberations soon after a British Columbia judge instructs them in the trial of a man accused of using a sawed-off shotgun to kill two former co-workers at a Vancouver Island mill.
B.C. Supreme Court Justice Robin Baird says jurors must follow their own interpretation of the evidence presented over the past three weeks to decide if Kevin Addison is guilty.
Addison is charged with two counts each of first-degree murder and attempted murder after a shooting at the Western Forest Products mill in Nanaimo, B.C., on April 30, 2014.
His defence lawyer says there's little doubt Addison fired the shots that killed Fred McEachern and Michael Lunn, but that he should be found guilty of manslaughter instead, because his depression made him "unthinking and unfocused."
Crown counsel says Addison, who is 50 years old, was motivated by revenge and planned the shooting after he was laid off at the mill in 2010.
Two other employees were shot but survived.
