Accused in Montreal store clerk’s slaying mounting mental disorder defence
MONTREAL — A man on trial for first-degree murder in the slaying of a young female supermarket clerk told jurors Thursday he killed her because he was convinced she was waiting to shoot him and other clients in the store.
“I defended myself and I defended the other clients,” Randy Tshilumba said during the first day of his testimony. “She wanted to kill me and other clients.”
Clemence Beaulieu-Patry, 20, was stabbed 14 times on April 10, 2016, inside a busy grocery store where she worked.
Tshilumba has pleaded not guilty.