The trial of Richard Henry Bain reached its ninth day of jury deliberation on Sunday and still no unanimous decision from the jury.
The jury has not asked to review facts nor have they asked any legal questions to the judge.
Bain, 65, is on trial for the first degree murder of Denis Blanchette, a stagehand working at the Metropolis on Sept. 4, 2012 – the night PQ leader Pauline Marois was to give a victory speech for winning a minority government.
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He is also on trial for three counts of attempted murder.
Bain’s attorney, Alan Guttman, thinks the jury is debating whether he is should be held criminally responsible.
“The easiest thing a jury could do is say this guy guilty and that’s the end of it,” said Guttman. “It’s an open and shut book. He shot the man, he killed him. I mean there has to be some doubt there whether he’s criminally responsible or not.”
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Bain’s defence argued he should not be held criminally responsible because he suffers from an undiagnosed mental disorder.
While the crown argued Bain is not ill and is criminally responsible because he was politically motivated.
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