Technical issues surround Day 7 of jury deliberations in the trial of alleged Quebec election-night shooter Richard Henry Bain.
Computer woes plagued jurors, who informed a court constable Friday they had lost notes typed on a court-issued laptop Thursday.
Superior Court Justice Guy Cournoyer first suggested that a printer be installed in the jury room, but that turned out to be a monumental task.
Access to the secure computer is controlled out of Quebec City and a civil servant who could help a Montreal technician is on vacation until Monday.
Court laptops are configured to view only evidence and they revert back to their original configuration when turned off.
Bain is charged with first-degree murder in the slaying of lighting technician Denis Blanchette outside a Montreal nightclub.
He’s also charged with three counts of attempted murder.
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The charges relate to a shooting at the venue where then-Parti Quebecois (PQ) leader Pauline Marois was speaking after winning the Sept. 4, 2012 election.
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Bain has pleaded not guilty and has argued he should be found not criminally responsible by way of mental illness.
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The Crown has said Bain was not ill and that his assault was premeditated and politically motivated by anger over the PQ’s election victory.
Jurors were told last week that the case hinges on Bain’s mental condition at the time of the offences.
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