Murder trial underway in Montreal for man charged in death of Maxi employee

The first-degree murder trial is underway in Montreal for a man charged in the slaying of a Maxi clerk in April 2016.

Randy Tshilumba, 21, is accused in the slaying of Clemence Beaulieu-Patry.

READ MORE: Female employee dies after stabbing at Maxi grocery store

A jury of seven men and five women began hearing evidence Friday at the Quebec Superior Court trial presided by Justice Helene Di Salvo.

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WATCH BELOW: Police investigate after a 20-year-old woman was stabbed at Maxi

0:40 RAW: Grocery stabbing in Saint-Michel

Beaulieu-Patry, 20, was working in the east-end Maxi supermarket at the time of the alleged attack, which took place with dozens of customers and employees on the premises.

Crown prosecutor Catherine Perreault told the jury the accused stabbed Beaulieu-Patry 14 times with a hunting knife he’d brought inside the store.

READ MORE: Witnesses to testify at trial of Montreal man charged in death of store clerk

Perreault said Tshilumba had been rebuffed a week earlier as he tried to get the victim’s phone number in order to ask her out.