The Canadian Press Published Friday, July 15, 2022 3:38 PM EDT Last Updated Friday, July 15, 2022 3:40 PM EDT
TORONTO — The man responsible for a deadly 2018 van attack in Toronto wants to appeal his conviction on 10 counts of first-degree murder and 16 counts of attempted murder.
Alec Minassian filed an appeal with the Ontario Superior Court this week.
He claims, among other things, that the trial judge “misunderstood” the expert evidence and made unreasonable findings of fact related to the refusal to find him not criminally liable.
Minassian was sentenced last month to life in prison without parole for 25 years.
Eight women and two men died on April 23, 2018, when Minassian deliberately drove a rented van onto a busy sidewalk.
Another woman died more than three years later from injuries sustained that day.
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