Tattoo as evidence of murder

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Posted By: Law is Cool August 28, 2009

Telltale teardrop quashes acquittal

Ontario Superior Court Justice Todd Archibald should not have barred testimony from a gang expert and three Malvern Crew members that could have bolstered the Crown’s case that Abbey had a teardrop tattooed under his right eye to show he had shot Simeon Peter, 19, the appeal court ruled.

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