A Good Samaritan who pulled over on the side of Bathurst Street on the afternoon of Aug. 26, 2022, and watched a man stabbing two women said he decided to move towards the second younger victim when he realized he could help.
“I made a calculation in my head — if they’re dead, there’s nothing I can do but if there’s still life, I can come in and maybe I could help,” Royi Flescher testifed.
At the opening day of the trial for Godfrey Sig-Od, a Toronto man charged with two counts of first-degree murder in relation to his ex-wife and daughter, Flescher was just one of many witnesses who recalled the chaotic scene that played out in front of his eyes.
Flescher testified he was driving home from work, northbound on Bathurst Street near Elleslie Avenue, around 3:30 p.m. when he noticed an altercation in the southbound curb lane.
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