Sask. abduction trial: Closing arguments heard [Video]

Closing arguments were heard Thursday morning in the case of Michael Gordon Jackson, the Saskatchewan man accused of abducting his daughter in 2021 to keep her from getting a COVID-19 vaccine.

Both sides asked the 14-person jury to judge Jackson’s intent for his actions.

Jackson claims it was not his intent to withhold the child from her mother, only to prevent her from a COVIC-19 vaccine.

“You are the triers of the facts,” Jackson, who has been representing himself, told the jury. “As a criminal matter, this case is easy to resolve.”

From the outset, Justice Heather MacMillian-Brown has told the jury the burden of proving guilt has laid with the Crown.

“At the heart of the matter, Mr. Jackson clearly illustrated his intention,” prosecutor Zoe Kim-Zeggelaar argued.

“The overwhelming amount of evidence demonstrated unanimously with undisputed facts, that intention was never proved,” Jackson believes.

In his testimony, Jackson told …