Murder conviction of city man in fatal shooting was unreasonable, lawyer argues

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The judge who convicted Calgarian Abdullah Mela of murder improperly gave extra credence to evidence from the Crown’s star witness because he didn’t embellish his story, a defence lawyer argued Tuesday. Richard Cairns said Justice Craig Jones believed Nadar Abdulbaki’s evidence that Mela pointed a rifle at victim Harsimran Birdi because the witness didn’t say […]

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