The jury asked for a late 15 minute break on Day 11 of deliberations in the trial of alleged Quebec election-night shooter Richard Henry Bain.
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Deliberations started just after 9:30 a.m.
Bain is charged with first-degree murder in the slaying of lighting technician Denis Blanchette outside a Montreal nightclub.
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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.