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Accused acquitted of murder due to self-defence but convicted of unlawful firearm possession.
The accused, Naod Tsegazab, was charged with second-degree murder and unlawful possession of a loaded firearm after a fatal shooting in an apartment stairwell.
The co-accused, Joseph Bryan, was charged with accessory after the fact to murder.
The Crown's case relied heavily on circumstantial evidence and surveillance video.
The court found an air of reality to Tsegazab's claim of self-defence, as the deceased had led him into the stairwell and fired ten shots at him.
The Crown failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Tsegazab did not act in self-defence.
Tsegazab was acquitted of murder but convicted of the firearms charge.
Consequently, Bryan was acquitted of being an accessory after the fact.
