A second degree murder trial is underway in the city with 27 year old Crystal Dawn McKenzie charged in the stabbing death of her common law husband 29 year old Patrick Thomas on Alma Street off Waterloo last March.
A jury of 9 women and 3 men has been chosen to hear testimony that will last into next week.
The prosecution told the jurors the two, who had three children together, fought alot, sometimes violently.
They had been to a bar before the stabbing in the early morning hours of March 15th. According to the prosecution, the two began arguing after they got home with McKenzie attacking Thomas with a broom handle before grabbing a butcher knife. He was stabbed in the neck and shoulder.
The jury was told there will be eyeswitnesses testifying they heard McKenzie say " I'm going to kill him". Mr. Justice Hugh McLellen told the jurors the main issue at the trial could very well come down to self defense.
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