Jurors for the first-degree murder trial of Boris Panovski have Wednesday off as Justice Joseph Donahue prepares his charge to the jury for Thursday morning.
Panovski is accused of the murder of a fellow hunting dog enthusiast, Don Frigo of Scarborough, and the attempted murder of his wife, Eva, at the Hullet Wildlife Area near Clinton in September 2014.
Closing arguments were presented Tuesday.
In the defence's closing arguments in the morning, Attorney Christopher Hicks maintained that identifying the person who shot Frigo was critical to the Crown's case and failure to do that created a reasonable doubt.
The Crown followed with closing arguments and Crown Attorney Teresa Donnelly began by stating that the murder of Frigo and the wounding of his wife was a planned and deliberate act.
Donnelly argued that under the circumstances it was reasonable to understand the difficulty Eva would have had in making a positive identification of a man who had altered his appearance considerably by cutting his hair, shaving and wearing a cap. And she feared for life after watching her husband being shot twice and she was wounded.
Donnelly also used photographs to illustrate that Panovski actually looked younger in September of 2014 than he did several years earlier.
Donnelly also maintained there was an abundance of evidence, as well as inconsistencies in Panovski's own testimony, to demonstrate his hatred of Don Frigo was the motive for the shooting and is beyond a reasonable doubt, the man who shot Don Frigo and his wife Eva.
Justice Donahue will deliver his charge to the jury Thursday.
