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Lawyer says no proof of his client’s presence at B.C. double murder scene
The defence highlights disputed DNA evidence and phone data placing the accused over 50 km away, challenging the Crown's murder case based on circumstantial evidence.
- On March 9, 2026, Andrew Cochrane told Justice Brenda Brown the Crown hasn't proved Abhijeet Singh was at the murder scene, relying on limited physical evidence.
- Prosecutors say Abhijeet Singh, Khushveer Toor and Gurkaran Singh broke into the De Jongs' home, tied and killed the couple during a robbery motivated by debt and greed, stealing more than $10,000.
- Defence lawyers pointed to Home Depot video evidence showing Singh buying rope and a bat, with Cochrane saying Singh's DNA on the rope likely came from purchase and cellphone data places Singh over 50 kilometres away during the Crown's 'window of opportunity'.
- The defence urged that manslaughter is the highest appropriate finding and after Crown rebuttal, Justice Brenda Brown will deliver the verdict, leaving liability unresolved for the three accused.
- Julia Hung raised interpretation and reliability issues with DNA evidence, as closing submissions resume Tuesday with Toor's and Singh's lawyers in B.C. Supreme Court.
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No proof home-invasion, murder suspect was at Abbotsford home, lawyer says
Abhijeet Singh, Khushveer Toor and Gurkaran Singh are accused of breaking into the home of Arnold and Joanne De Jong, tying them up and killing them as part of a robbery plot motivated by debt and greed.
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'Robbery gone wrong'. Defence begins arguments for trio accused of murdering Abbotsford couple
Abhijeet Singh purchased the rope that was used to bind the hands and feet of an Abbotsford couple, but there is no proof he was present at the scene of their violent murder in May 2022, his lawyer said Monday morning.
·Vancouver, Canada
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