Accused in 2022 Montreal-area triple homicide makes closing arguments [Video]

The accused in a triple homicide trial presented closing arguments today.

The case is about the 2022 killing of a mother and her two children in Brossard.

The accused is facing two charges of first-degree murder and one charge of second-degree murder in the killing of Synthia Bussieres and her two children, five-year-old Eliam and two-year-old Zac.

The accused is the other parent, who now identifies as a woman named Levana Ballouz, but was known as Mohamad Al Ballouz when the deaths occurred.

The three bodies were found at a Brossard condo complex.

During the trial, prosecutors tried to prove to the jury that Ballouz stabbed his partner 23 times while she tried to defend herself. The court was told that he then drank beer while he planned to kill his two children and afterwards tried to destroy the evidence.

Ballouz then tried to kill himself by drinking windshield washer …