Warning: This story contained disturbing details: The accused killer of a Muslim family in London, Ont., in 2021 took the witness box in his own defence on Thursday, testifying at his terrorism trial that he had a fundamentalist Christian childhood and was subjected to frequent punishments. Nathaniel Veltman, 22, is the first witness for the defence in the Ontario Superior Court trial in Windsor that began with proceedings Sept. 11. His lawyer, Christopher Hicks, addressed the jury ahead of the testimony. Speaking so quietly that he had to be told several times by Justice Renee Pomerance to talk louder so...
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