N.S. news: Witnesses testify at murder trial [Video]

HALIFAX –

The trial for a Halifax-area youth accused of participating in the killing of a 16-year-old student last year heard Tuesday from an eyewitness to the stabbing and was shown videos that captured horrifying glimpses of the crime.

The 17-year-old accused pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder following the death of Ahmad Maher Al Marrach, who was pronounced dead in hospital after he was found badly injured near the Halifax Shopping Centre on April 22.

The name of the accused and any details that could be used to identify him are protected from publication under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

Melanie Adolph told the judge-only trial she had taken her two children to the mall that day and was putting them in her vehicle around 5 p.m. when she heard a commotion nearby. As she walked toward a group of about a dozen rowdy young people in the mall’s parkade, she …