EDMONTON — A jury has started deliberating in the trial for a man accused of stabbing an Edmonton police officer and striking four pedestrians with a van.
Abdulahi Hasan Sharif, who is 32, has pleaded not guilty to 11 charges, including five counts of attempted murder.
He is also charged with dangerous driving and aggravated assault against the police officer.
The Crown argued during its closing statement on Wednesday that Sharif went to extraordinary lengths to cause as much chaos and destruction as possible.
Sharif, who is not represented by a lawyer, declined to call any witnesses and did not testify in his own defence.
A lawyer appointed by the court to help Sharif urged jurors to consider whether Sharif deliberately hit the pedestrians.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published on Oct. 24, 2019.
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