Graphic video sequences capturing the moment when Gabriel del Castillo Mullally was inevitably overturned by a car two years ago was shown at the trial for the man accused of His murder THURSDAY.
Monday, during the opening day of The first degree murder of Ryan Andrews The trial, the defense lawyer, Zaire Puil, told the jury that Andrews admits full responsibility for the death of Del Castillo Mullally.
However, Puil said that Andrews had never intended to kill Former 25 year old child actor.
“You saw him plead guilty of guilty manslaughter. The crown rejected this plea and said it was intentional,” Puil told the jury.
“We will show you that he did not intend to run on Mr. Del Castillo Mullally and he is not guilty of murder.”
It was on February 5, 2023, just before 4 am, when the police were called to Danform and Cedarvale avenues for a collision for bodily injuries.
When the police arrived, they found Del Castillo Mullally who had been struck by a blue Subaru Outback who fled the premises. He was transported urgently to the hospital where he was declared dead.
Victim, accused captured in front of the camera in the same bar
Del Castillo Mullally was a former child actor who appeared in the 2011 film “Amy George” and the film “Tati” of 2013.
His parents, actor Maria del Mar del Castillo and his father, the screenwriter Guy Mullally, attended the court since the start of the trial surrounded by family and friends.
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Thursday, judge of the Superior Court Susanne Boucher issued a warning that the video that the surveillance would be disturbing; After starting to play, del Mar del Castillo and several other observers left the courtroom halfway.
Several surveillance cameras of the region’s business captured the time of impact after Del Castillo Mullally and his friends left the Rusty Nail Pub, a bar after the opening hours.
The group can be seen walking west along the northern sidewalk of Danforth Avenue. The video shows thatrews rolls on the sidewalk and the friend of Del Castillo Mullally, Jake Hopkins, jumps.
Andrews can then be seen to drive his Subaru on Del Castillo Mullally, who tries to move to the left. The front and rear wheels on the driver’s side crossed the victim before fleeing.
Andrews left the same bar about 20 minutes before the deadly collision and was captured in video leading its Subaru between the front and rear doors of the rusty nail, sometimes leaving the vehicle. He sometimes seemed to be stabbing several times on the doors with a knife.
Finally, Del Castillo Mullally is seen by leaving the rear doors of the rusty nail and walking forward where he meets Andrews on the sidewalk near the Subaru arrested, which is still being executed.
Both men can interact. At one point, del Castillo Mullally seems to hit Andrews. Hopkins is later seen by hitting Andrews in the face. Andrews leaves.
Later, Andrews can be seen maneuvering the Subaru on the sidewalk, leading next to Del Castillo Mullally and Hopkins before finally getting on the sidewalk a second time. It is then thatrews can be seen to lead to the two men and strike Del Castillo Mullally.
“A tragic and unhappy act”
Puil told the jurors on Monday that they will hear about “a meeting fueled on drugs and alcohol that led it”.
She said that Andrews, drunk and high, will testify about how he was deprived of his mobile phone with a rusty nail that night.
“Mr. Del Castillo Mullally and his friends humiliated and stole Andrews in the corridor,” said Puil.
“You will hear that Andrews was armed with a knife. He did not use the knife because he did not want to kill Del Castillo Mullally. Del Castillo Mullally kicked Andrews like a wandering dog. Hopkins launched a punch. Andrews will tell you that he was angry, he is embarrassed and humiliated, but he did not remove his knife. embarrassing it.
Puil said that Andrews would testify that he was trying to scare Hopkins, who he shouted from his car.
“He will tell you that he has committed a tragic and unhappy act powered by alcohol and drugs, but he did not want to kill anyone that night. I expect him to tell you in a state of panic, he fled the scene,” she added.
The defense told the jurors that he would say that they could judge Andrews not guilty of first degree murder becauserews was caused by Del Castillo Mullally and Hopkins; Or they can see thatrews did not want to run on Del Castillo Mullally and did not intend to murder.
During the crown opening address, the deputy prosecutor of the Crown, Andrew Gibbons, a lean when Andrews set up the sidewalk and struck Del Castillo Mullally, he did it intentionally and called the actions of Andrews “planned and deliberate”.
The trial continues.
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