Defence seeks directed verdict, arguing there is no evidence to convict murder suspect in hookah lounge shooting

In seeking a directed verdict — which would spare Lugela from answering the Crown’s case — defence counsel Paul Moreau argued there was nothing unique about Lugela’s appearance that made him stand out among others at the Portico Hookah Lounge.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.

Moreau said a series of surveillance videos presented by the prosecution, showing Lugela with his co-accused, Feysal Osman Abdul-Aziz, weren’t enough to place him on the street outside the lounge when Aburahaman Indiris was fatally shot.

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