Jury now deciding fate of accused Victoria killer Daniel Aitken
Neal Hall, Times Colonist
Published: Thursday, November 05, 2009
VANCOUVER – A jury now is in its third day of verdict deliberations at the first-degree murder trial of accused Victoria killer Daniel Christopher Myles Aitken.
The trial, which began in September, heard testimony of how Aitken confessed to his girlfriend about killing his former friend, Alex McLean, 29, whose body was found in Macaulay Point Park in Esquimalt in October 2003. He had been shot to death.
The jury also heard wiretap evidence that included a conversation in which the accused said: "Lex, that dude I killed."
The Crown contends that "Lex" was a reference was to the murder victim.
The jury, which began its verdict deliberations Tuesday morning at the Vancouver Law Courts, heard the testimony of witnesses about the accused giving money to McLean and considering him a "bro."
But that was before the deceased took part in a break-in, where money and drugs were stolen.
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