By Canadian Press

Jurors shown surveillance video montage of 2020 Quebec City Halloween stabbings

Apr 12, 2022 | 11:09 AM

QUEBEC — Jurors in the trial of the man accused of using a sword to murder two people in Quebec City on Halloween night in 2020 are viewing video surveillance footage from the scene.

Quebec City police Const. Vincent Giguère is on the witness stand today and says he used surveillance video to retrace the route allegedly taken by Carl Girouard, who is charged with killing two people and injuring five.

Giguère says the video captures Girouard, 26, driving into the historic Old Quebec district and walking through the city streets on foot.

The sword attack claimed the lives of Suzanne Clermont, 61, and Francois Duchesne, 56, and it injured five others.

The accused has admitted to stabbing people on Oct. 31, 2020, but he will argue he was not criminally responsible at the time of the events because he was suffering from a mental disorder.

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A publication ban has been ordered on parts of the video that is being shown to jurors.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 12, 2022.

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