By Staff The Canadian Press
Posted October 29, 2021 1:11 pm
The defence has wrapped up its case in the trial of a Calgary man who admitted to the murder of his girlfriend but denies he also killed her 22-month-old daughter.
Robert Leeming, who is 36, has pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder of Jasmine Lovett and not guilty to second-degree murder in the death of Aliyah Sanderson.
The woman and child were reported missing in April of 2019 and, a few weeks later, their bodies were found in a shallow grave in Kananaskis Country, west of Calgary.
Leeming was the only witness to testify for the defence.
1:56Robert Leeming testified he took steps to hide deaths of Jasmine Lovett, Aliyah Sanderson
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He says Aliyah accidentally died after falling down some stairs and he then killed Lovett when she accused him of harming the girl.
Closing arguments in the judge-alone trial are scheduled for Tuesday.
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