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Mall Shooter Admits Multiple Bail Breaches: 'It's Something I Ended Up Doing'

The Canadian Press , 26 Nov, 2014 11:53 AM

TORONTO — The man who killed two people at the Toronto Eaton Centre admitted this morning to regularly breaching his bail conditions.

But Christopher Husbands says the breaches were not a callous disregard for the law and court orders.

He says he intended to abide by the terms when he agreed under oath to do so.

The breaches included carrying an illegal firearm, drug dealing and leaving his home.

Husbands, 25, is facing cross-examination from the prosecution on his third day on the stand.

He has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder for the two deaths at the Eaton Centre in June 2012.

Five others were hurt in the shooting, including a 13-year-old boy who was shot in the head.

Husbands said he did respect the courts and the law when he agreed to his bail.

"At the time I was speaking the truth. I couldn't foresee the future," he testified.

"I didn't say I was going out to break my bail but it's something I ended up doing."

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