Crown closes its case at bush bash shooting trial, defense to begin Wednesday

After recalling the father of the shooting victim to the stand, the Crown at the field party shooting trial closed its case in the London courthouse on Monday following several weeks of testimony.

Ricardo Silva told the jury that he did see his son Josue with an airsoft pistol in his backyard but that it was locked in his own personal safe on the night he was killed.

He said when he saw Josue in the backyard, “He was just shooting Coca Cola cans.”

The court has heard that Silva’s 18-year-old son Josue would die from a gunshot wound to the stomach after attending the bush bash for young people off Pack Road in southwest London on July 30, 2021.

After his testimony the Crown handed the case over to the defence.

The jury was told by defence lawyer Ricardo Golec that he will start his case on Wednesday.

His client, 23-year-old Carlos Guerra Guerra has plead not guilty to second degree murder and assault with a weapon.