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No verdict after five days of deliberations at Richard Henry Bain murder trial

Aug 17, 2016 | 1:00 PM

MONTREAL — Jurors at Richard Henry Bain’s first-degree murder trial will deliberate for a sixth day after failing to come to a verdict Wednesday.

Justice Guy Cournoyer accepted their request for an additional computer — the first time they’ve asked for something relating to the trial since Saturday.

Bain is charged with first-degree murder in the slaying of lighting technician Denis Blanchette outside a Montreal nightclub as well as three counts of attempted murder.

The charges relate to a shooting at the venue where then-Parti Quebecois leader Pauline Marois was speaking after her election win on Sept. 4, 2012.

Bain has pleaded not guilty and has argued he should be found not criminally responsible by way of mental illness.

The Crown has said Bain was not ill and that his assault was premeditated and politically motivated by anger over the PQ’s election victory.

Cournoyer told jurors last week the case hinges on Bain’s mental condition at the time of the offences.

If they find Bain not criminally responsible, that verdict must apply to all four charges and the accused will be sent to a mental health facility.

They must return a unanimous verdict on each of the four charges.

The seven women and five men began deliberating Saturday.

The Canadian Press