Noah Vaten was again taken to task by Crown prosecutors in a Kelowna courtroom on Friday as his manslaughter trial continued.

Vaten is accused of being part of the four-person group that chased down and beat Esa Carriere to death in downtown Kelowna on Canada Day in 2018, with the Crown alleging Vaten dealt the fatal stab to Carriere91裸聊视频檚 heart.

The morning proceedings saw Crown prosecutor Colin Forsyth pore over security camera footage in Vaten91裸聊视频檚 third day on the stand, asking him to identify people and locations 91裸聊视频� to little avail.

Vaten maintains that he does not have any memory of most of the night on July 1, 2018, stating earlier in the trial he had 91裸聊视频渃onsumed too much cocaine.91裸聊视频�

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Forsyth asked Vaten several times to identify people shown in different clips from the night, with Vaten91裸聊视频檚 answers containing qualifying language almost every time.

91裸聊视频淭he reason I don91裸聊视频檛 want to sit here and agree it is me is because I have no personal recollection of these events happening,91裸聊视频� Vaten explained.

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Vaten applied the same logic to the other people the Crown asked him to identify, other than a couple of times when the person91裸聊视频檚 face was clearly visible 91裸聊视频� once identifying his co-accused Nathan Truant and one of the two youths charged in the case.

The trial resumed on Wednesday following a break after the conclusion of a voir dire, after which BC Supreme Court justice Allison Beames ruled Vaten91裸聊视频檚 confession to police after he was arrested in Manitoba in January 2019 was admissible as evidence.

Two witnesses called to the stand earlier in the trial also said Vaten confessed to them following Carriere91裸聊视频檚 death 91裸聊视频� one person he met in the drunk tank on the night of the attack and one of his friends the morning after.

Four people were charged with manslaughter in the incident, including two youths, one of whom is still awaiting trial. The other was sentenced to a 15-month rehabilitative program in January 2021.

The lengthy trial for Vaten and Truant is anticipated to continue into next week.

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michael.rodriguez@kelownacapnews.com
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