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下面這段關於今天早上的場景描寫與我看到的基本一致。開庭之前的法院樓下,在史密斯街的兩側站立著大約有100多位舉牌聲援者,其中有不少老外。我仔細點看面孔,只認出兩位群友(我自己的“人間煙火”群),一位老友,沒見到任何“著名僑領”和“著名議員”,因為站在凜冽寒風中通常都是“祥林嫂”,“領袖”一般不扮演這樣的角色。進到法院大樓並去了五樓,在53號法庭前排隊入場,隊伍老長老長。站在我前面的是一位國人中年漢子,一對話發現其語言和邏輯十分清晰,再一問他告訴我清華的,如今在幹什麼什麼……果然有知識有專業。還告訴我說他一開始就關注此案並早就來過旁聽審理。我笑稱,你精致而不利己,真好。說著說著,排在後面的兩位國人美女湊了上來,分別表達自己的憤怒和擔憂,並對華人一盤散沙十分地失望。其中一位問起了案件的可能判決和陪審團的作用,我一聽她們好像真的不太懂,於是做了詳細的解釋並把起訴的罪名和中國的刑法規定做了比較以幫助她們理解。這時開始放人了,前面的陸續進入法庭,但輪到我的時候說裡面已坐滿了,一位戴著頭巾的大胡子法警攔住了我說,要等有人出來了才可以放你進去。我把頭往裡一探,看見審理席前有五排位置,每排可以坐8個人,而今天來想旁聽的有好幾百號,於是法庭臨時決定開放廣播和視頻,讓更多的人在室外旁聽,於是我被引導了另外的地方….(未完待續)Thursday marks the beginning of closing arguments in the trial of Ibrahim Ali, who is accused of first-degree murder in relation to the death of a 13-year-old girl in Burnaby in 2017.
The BC Supreme courtroom was full ahead of the judge and jury filing in Thursday, with dozens of people left outside the building, unable to get in.
“Most of us have the same feeling as me — six and a half years is too long for the justice to come,” Bella Huang, who was among the people demonstrating outside court Thursday, said.
“There’s so many parents here. We want a safe community for our children.”
Ali pleaded not guilty in April to murdering the girl, whose name has been protected by a publication ban, after her body was found in Burnaby’s Central Park in July 2017, just hours after her mother reported her missing.The jury heard from about four dozen Crown witnesses over the course of the almost nine-month trial, including police, civilians, and experts who said the girl was sexually assaulted and strangled, and that Ali’s DNA was found inside her body.
Ali’s lawyer, Kevin McCullough, told the jury last week that they would not be calling any evidence in defence of the allegations because the Crown hadn’t proved its case against Ali.
Crown lawyers are expected to give their closing remarks first, with defence to follow, and the judge will give his final instructions to the jury before members begin their deliberations.