Crown ends case against alleged police murderer as accused prepares to testify [Video]

WARNING: This story contains disturbing video and graphic descriptions of violence, as well as coarse language.

Crown prosecutors have closed their case in the murder trial of Alain Bellefeuille, and now the accused is expected to take the stand in his own defence this week to tell his side of the story.

Bellefeuille pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder at the outset of his trial in L’Orignal, Ont., east of Ottawa, in March.

It’s an admitted fact in this case that Bellefeuille killed Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Sgt. Eric Mueller, critically wounded Const. Marc Lauzon and wounded Const. François Gamache-Asselin when he shot them before dawn on May 11, 2023.

Part of what the jury will have to decide, based on Bellefeuille’s upcoming testimony and all the other evidence heard at trial, is what Bellefeuille was thinking and what his intentions were when he …