That was the plan, light her on fire: Closing submissions at Ontario mans murder trial [Video]

Norbert Budai’s behaviour was absurd and shocking when he lit his ex-wife, Henrietta Viski’s hair on fire after he learned she was cheating on him. However, reasonable doubt exists as to whether he planned and deliberated her murder, according to Budai’s lawyer, R. Louis Dallas.

During closing submissions at Budai’s first-degree murder trial, Dallas told Superior Court Justice Jane Kelly that Budai’s consumption of fentanyl the day of the attack and the day prior would have affected his ability to plan and deliberate the murder of his wife.

“He is a Hungarian Roma refugee with a Grade 8 education. He was treated badly in Hungary. When he discovered his wife was cheating on him, he couldn’t handle it,” said the defence lawyer who said Budai described a relationship that was on the rocks but not hopeless, born out of the fact that he attended, met and drove with his son and Ms. Viski the day before.