Umar Zameer trial: wife testifies

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The wife of a man accused of killing a Toronto police constable is telling his murder trial she thought the people approaching them that night were trying to break into their car to hurt them.

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She said she briefly considered the possibility that the pair may be police, but quickly dismissed that idea because they weren't dressed like police officers and were coming at them suspiciously and aggressively, banging on the car in a way that made her think they were trying to break the windows. The defence, meanwhile, argues Northrup's death was an accident, and Zameer and his wife, who was eight months pregnant at the time, were scared because they did not know the people approaching them were police. Their two-year-old son was also in the car at the time.

They went over what felt like a speed bump and then made two right turns to go toward the garage's exit, Shaikh said. She testified she asked her husband why he was driving in circles because she thought they would end up back at the place they had just fled.

 

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