Judge Acquits Man In Killing Of Former HELIX Guitarist DANIEL FAWCETT
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Daniel Fawcett, who was a guitarist for Canadian hard rock/heavy metal band Helix from 2002 – 2004, was a victim of homicide on Sunday, November 6, 2022. He was 52.
The London Free Press is now reporting that a Judge has acquitted a man in the killing of Fawcett in a London, Ontario park.
Craig Allan’s explanation about what he knew about the death of London musician Daniel Fawcett “did not make sense.” But, the judge said, the key Crown witness, “is an accomplished liar.”
In the final analysis, Superior Court Justice Patricia Moore didn’t believe either Allan, 50, or the associate who was with him in the early morning hours of Nov. 6, 2022, when Fawcett was stabbed to death in Gibbons Park.
“In the end, when I consider the evidence presented in totality, I am left with a reasonable doubt and must therefore find Mr. Allan not guilty to the offence of second-degree murder,” she said in her decision to acquit him.
“I appreciate this is not the result that any family or friends of Mr. Fawcett may have hoped for, but it is the result that the law demands.”
Allan sat quietly in the prisoner’s box during the decision. When Moore told him he was free to go, he turned and hugged his parents and defence lawyers.
Allan went on trial in March in the death of Fawcett, 52, a talented guitarist who had played for the Canadian rock band Helix. His body was found by a jogger in the north London park hours after he had been stabbed twice – once in the back and once in the heart.
The case offered a glimpse into London’s drug culture and showed how vital technology – such as security footage and text messages – has become to police investigations.
(Source: www.bravewords.com)
