To make sure he understood just how close he came to killing people, a Toronto judge had the gunman read out his victims’ impact statements, filed with the court.
“I want you to be absolutely aware of what you did,” Superior Court Justice Peter Bawden told Muhammad Ashan Naseer in a highly unusual courtroom moment earlier this month before sentencing him for his role in a random mass shooting in a Scarborough parking lot.
Jacques Gallant is a Toronto-based reporter covering courts,justice and legal affairs for the Star. Reach him by emailat jgallant@thestar.ca orfollow him on Twitter: @JacquesGallant
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