Appeal by Samuel Lugela in Portico Lounge shooting denied [Video]

The Alberta Court of Appeal has denied an appeal from Samuel Lugela, who was convicted of second-degree murder in connection with a 2020 shooting.

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According to court documents, shots were fired between two vehicles on the street in front of the Portico Hookah Lounge, located in the 1800 block of 35 Street S.E., at 3 a.m. on Sept. 12, 2020.

One of the vehicles remained at the scene. Emergency crews found two injured men inside and both were taken to hospital.

One of the men, identified as Abdurahman Indiris, died in hospital.

Lugela was arrested and charged with second-degree murder two days later.

He was convicted on March 9, 2023, but appealed his case on the basis that the trial judge made a mistake in identifying him at the shooter in the attack, based mainly on the video …