"The jury struggled with it, the jury made their decision and they made their decision of first-degree murder." "The case hung on the mechanism of death," Nuttall said. A second forensic pathologist definitively concluded it was mechanical asphyxiation.ĭickson's lawyer, Robert Nuttall, said his client accepted the verdict, but he will look to see if there are grounds for appeal. One forensic pathologist concluded Liu's cause of death was unascertained, though mechanical asphyxiation - including neck compression - was the best overall explanation. Semen matched to a high probability to Dickson was on her thigh and groin.
The York University student was found dead mostly naked and face down on the floor of her off-campus basement apartment. Then he heard Dickson breathing heavily and moments later the man appeared naked in front of the webcam and turned off the computer, Meng testified. The ex-boyfriend, Xian Meng, testified that after the sound of two muffled bangs he said he heard no more sounds from Liu. Liu, 23, had been chatting via webcam with her ex-boyfriend in China in the early morning hours of April 15, 2011, when he saw Dickson force his way into Liu's room and knock her down. "The jury system in Canada is very good and very fair." His wife clutched a picture of their daughter and cried silently.
"We are still very sad," Jian Hui Liu said after the verdict through a translator. Qian Liu's father wiped tears from his eyes as the verdict was read. His victim's parents travelled from China for the trial. He showed no discernible reaction to the verdict nor to the automatic sentence of life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years. TORONTO - A jury that convicted a man of first-degree murder in the "webcam" death of a student from China did not know about "disturbing" alleged online postings, his collection of Asian pornography and complaints of previous attacks on women.īrian Dickson was found guilty Monday after the jury deliberated for four hours.
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