(Toronto) The man responsible for the deadly 2018 van attack in Toronto wants to appeal his conviction on 10 counts of first-degree murder and 16 counts of attempted murder.
Posted at 4:48 p.m.
Alek Minassian filed a notice of appeal with Ontario’s highest court this week.
He argues, among other things, that the trial judge “misinterpreted” the expert evidence and made unreasonable findings of fact regarding the refusal to find him not criminally responsible.
Mr Minassian was sentenced last month to life in prison without the possibility of parole for 25 years.
Eight women and two men died on April 23, 2018, when Alek Minassian deliberately drove a rental van down a busy sidewalk.
Another woman died more than three years later from injuries sustained that day.
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