Trial of former Hamilton paramedics charged in gunshot victim's death resumes this week
CBC News | Posted: January 11, 2021 3:06 PM | Last Updated: January 11, 2021
Court resumed briefly on Monday before adjourning to go online for the remainder of the week
The trial of two former Hamilton paramedics who are charged with not properly caring for a teenager the night he was shot and died resumes this week.
Christopher Marchant, 32, and Steven Snively, 55 are charged with failing to provide the necessaries of life for Yosif Al-Hasnawi. He was shot with a hollow-point bullet from a .22-calibre gun at 8:55 p.m. on Dec. 2, 2017 and died about an hour later.
The paramedics thought the 19-year-old had been shot with a pellet gun, the court has heard, and took 23 minutes to leave for St. Joseph's Hospital.
Court resumed briefly on Monday before adjourning to go online for the remainder of the week. The superior court trial began on Nov. 24, and all witness testimony so far has been for the Crown.
Those witnesses have included police officers and firefighters, dispatchers, emergency room physicians, and Al-Hasnawi's family members, who were there that night.
The trial will be decided by Ontario Superior Court Justice Harrison Arrell alone. It's taking place at the John Sopinka Courthouse in Hamilton and is returning from winter break.
The Crown attorneys are Scott Patterson and Linda Shin.
Jeffrey Manishen of Hamilton represents Marchant and Michael DelGobbo of St. Catharines represents Snively.
The person who shot Al-Hasnawi, Dale King, was acquitted last year of second-degree murder. That case is being appealed.