The defendant was charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of conspiracy to commit murder, following a shooting that killed two victims.
The Crown alleged the defendant hired a contract killer to murder the victims' son, a drug dealer who worked for the defendant.
The Crown's case relied heavily on the testimony of the admitted killer, an unsavoury witness who had entered a plea deal.
The court applied the Vetrovec warning and found the witness's testimony required independent corroboration.
Concluding that the circumstantial evidence (cell phone records and GPS data) was weak and supported multiple innocent inferences, the court found the Crown failed to prove the charges beyond a reasonable doubt and acquitted the defendant.
