Noah Vaten told police he 91裸聊视频榖lacked out91裸聊视频� early in the evening after consuming too much cocaine on the night he91裸聊视频檚 alleged to have fatally stabbed Esa Carriere in downtown Kelowna.
He and his co-accused, Nathan Truant, are charged with manslaughter concerning the attack that killed Carriere near the Queensway Transit Exchange on Canada Day in 2018 as a fireworks display rung out above.
Their ongoing trial continued on Monday (March 8), as the Crown showed interrogation footage taken after Vaten91裸聊视频檚 arrest in Manitoba on Jan. 26, 2019. After police arrested and charged Vaten in Winnipegosis, Man., he was taken to Dauphin, Man. where police questioned him.
Vaten told the interrogating officer his memory is spotty due to the drugs and alcohol he used that night. He claimed he blacked out at 8 p.m., hours before Carriere was attacked just before 11 p.m. When the interrogator asked him if he91裸聊视频檇 seen the fireworks, which happened at the same time Carriere was attacked, Vaten paused briefly before saying he didn91裸聊视频檛 think he had.
The next thing he remembered with certainty was his arrest early the next morning 91裸聊视频� not for the alleged stabbing but for causing a disturbance in front of the Rutland Community Policing Office.
91裸聊视频淚 remember very clearly [the cop] being like, 91裸聊视频楬ey, you91裸聊视频檙e under arrest91裸聊视频� and grabbing me. And me being like, 91裸聊视频榃hy? For what?91裸聊视频� And then he91裸聊视频檚 like, 91裸聊视频榊ou literally just kicked my f**cking window.91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频� Vaten told his interrogating officer of the arrest.
The cop put Vaten in a cruiser to take him to the Kelowna RCMP91裸聊视频檚 holding cells. Vaten said he began crying, saying, 91裸聊视频淚 was given too much liquor and cocaine.91裸聊视频�
91裸聊视频淚 think I wanted to go to the drunk tank that night because I knew I was too high and drunk91裸聊视频� I kicked the cop shop window because I needed help91裸聊视频� I knew my friends weren91裸聊视频檛 going to help me.91裸聊视频�
Vaten spent the night in a holding cell. His cellmate from that night testified earlier in the trial that Vaten confessed to the killing and even reenacted it. Vaten91裸聊视频檚 friend, Colby McKee-Lanchick, also testified earlier in the trial that Vaten admitted to the killing the morning after it happened.
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The conversation remained cordial until the interrogator informed Vaten his story didn91裸聊视频檛 line up with accounts given to police by the people he was with that night.
91裸聊视频淧eople have told us, straight up, that you91裸聊视频檙e involved in this,91裸聊视频� the officer said following the lengthy questioning.
Vaten retorted: 91裸聊视频淚f I told people I went around and did it, that91裸聊视频檇 be red, wouldn91裸聊视频檛 it?91裸聊视频�
Vaten said if the police had evidence he had something to do with Carriere91裸聊视频檚 death, the interrogation was pointless.
91裸聊视频淥bviously, the police officers haven91裸聊视频檛 found enough (evidence) to do anything,91裸聊视频� he said, after having been arrested and charged with manslaughter.
The officer explained the investigative process police use, which involves talking to all parties involved. She also told him the Crown had approved the manslaughter charge against him, which means prosecutors saw a substantial likelihood of conviction based on available evidence.
After the officer left the interrogation room, Vaten leaned on a table with his head in his hand for a couple of minutes before another officer entered. He remarked Vaten looked like he had 91裸聊视频渢he weight of the world on his shoulders91裸聊视频� before escorting him out of the room.
During the trial proceedings on Monday morning, Vaten wore a Dragon Ball Z sweatshirt and sat motionless in the prisoners91裸聊视频� box, staring down at a monitor showing the interrogation video.
The trial continues.
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