Closing arguments in accused letter bomber Guido Amsel trial

Evidence, witnesses and motives were all being debated in court Tuesday with closing arguments in accused letter bomber Guido Amsel’s trial.

Amsel’s lawyer Saheel Zaman was up first. He took aim at the Crown’s work and said they hadn’t proved Amsel is guilty.

“There is insufficient evidence to meet the high threshold of proof beyond a reasonable doubt,” Zaman said.

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Zaman spent a lot of time focusing on a piece of evidence found at 252 River Ave., the law office where Maria Mitousis was injured in an explosion.

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The evidence is a piece of plastic police believe was part of the explosive device. Zaman said the partial fingerprint found on the plastic piece didn’t conclusively point to or exclude Amsel.

“It links the piece itself at 252 River Avenue to potentially another person,” Zaman said.

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Earlier in the trial, the court heard evidence that Amsel’s DNA was found on the pouch that held the explosive device. But Zaman argued the pouch was bought from a Dollarama store where Amsel went to “almost weekly,” and he couldn’t account for all the items he touched in the store.

However Crown attorney Chris Vanderhooft told the judge that it’s common sense.

“Mr. Amsel would have you believe he is an unfortunate victim of coincidence or he was framed or evidence planted..that defies belief,” Vanderhooft said.

The Crown said Amsel is the only person connected to all three targets, that’s his ex-wife Iris, her lawyer Maria Mitousis and his former lawyer.

Zaman argued Amsel didn’t have a motive at the time of the bombings, saying in 2015 Amsel had moved on and his “business was doing well financially,” Zaman said. “It doesn’t make sense at that particular point and time.”

Zaman suggested if Amsel had been creating bombs there would have been research on his computer and evidence of trial runs.

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Amsel is facing five counts of attempted murder and several explosive-related charges after letter bombs were sent to his ex-wife and two law offices in 2015.

A date has not been set yet for a verdict.