Jurors begin deliberation in case of pastor accused of killing pregnant wife

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Jurors have begun their deliberations at the trial of a former Toronto pastor accused in the drowning death of his pregnant wife nearly eight years ago.

Prosecutors allege Philip Grandine secretly drugged his wife with the sedative lorazepam or offered her the medication so she would be less vigilant while he continued to carry out an affair with her friend.

Jurors heard Philip Grandine was already tried in connection with his wife's death but were not told the outcome of the previous trial, nor the reason for the new one.In the first trial, Grandine was charged with first-degree murder, accused of drugging his wife and either actively drowning her or letting her drown in the bathtub.

Since the Crown did not appeal the acquittal on the murder charge, the appeal court deemed that Grandine should be tried again on manslaughter. In his application, made in the absence of the jury, Thakore argued there was no evidence to support the Crown's allegations that Philip Grandine obtained lorazepam through his work or by purchasing it, nor that he secretly drugged his wife.

 

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