Defence counsel Alain Hepner said Sean Brooks’s claim that his client, William McIntosh, was involved in the attack could have been clouded by drugs or alcohol.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails or any newsletter. Postmedia Network Inc.
Hepner said he wasn’t questioning whether Brooks was the victim of a serious assault, just that his intoxication led him to wrongly believe McIntosh was involved. Two empty bleach bottles and a blowtorch were found in the suite and blood stains outside the home showed the path Brooks used when he fled the scene.
At that point, he was able to free his hands because the bleach that had been poured into his eyes and on his wounds made him oily enough to slip the zip ties that bound him. He then smashed his bedroom window and fled.Brooks said he went to the next-door neighbour’s home and banged on the door, but got no answer, before running down the street, stumbling into a parked car and climbing over a picket fence before collapsing in a yard.