A jury has convicted a man of second-degree murder for inflicting what prosecutors said was “an insane level of ultra-violence” on a defenceless 82-year-old grandmother after breaking into her Scarborough bungalow four years ago. After a six-week trial, the jury retired Wednesday morning to consider whether Marshall was guilty of murder or manslaughter, as the defence had argued. The jury returned to court Thursday around the dinner hour to say they were at an impasse. During the trial, Marshall told the jury he broke into the home the night of Nov. 9, 2015, thinking it was empty. When he saw Tetsos, Marshall said he “made a bad decision and panicked” and assaulted her, but didn’t think she would die.

Source: thestar December 06, 2019 17:27 UTC