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Deadlocked B.C. jury means mistrial in deaths of gangster, teen bystander

No verdict reached in trial of Kane Carter, accused in 2018 shootout deaths in Vancouver
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The Law Courts building, which is home to B.C. Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal, is seen in Vancouver, on Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023. A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has declared a mistrial in the case of Kane Carter, who was accused of murdering a gang member and an innocent teenager who was passing by in his parentsº¦Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù™ vehicle. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has declared a mistrial in the case of Kane Carter, who was accused of murdering a gang member and an innocent teenager who was passing by in his parentsº¦Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù™ vehicle.

The jury came back Tuesday saying it was deadlocked after five days of deliberations in Carterº¦Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù™s trial.

He was charged with the second-degree murders of 15-year-old Alfred Wong and 23-year-old Kevin Whiteside after they were killed in an exchange of gunfire along Vancouverº¦Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù™s busy Broadway avenue in January 2018.

The Crown told the jury that Carter was protecting a gang associate at a nearby restaurant when he began shooting, killing both Whiteside and Wong.

Carterº¦Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù™s defence lawyer, Richard Fowler, told jurors there were significant gaps in time in the Crownº¦Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù™s theory of what happened that day.

The jurors could not reach a unanimous decision and now prosecutors must decide whether to try Carter for a second time.





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