By Canadian Press

DECISION DAY

Judge to decide fate of Calgary man accused in grandson’s death

Aug 14, 2019 | 6:43 AM

CALGARY- A judge is expected to decide today whether a Calgary man is guilty of killing his young grandson.

Allan Perdomo Lopez is charged with manslaughter in the 2015 death of five-year-old Emilio Perdomo.

The trial heard that Emilio died of a blunt-force brain injury five months after he came to Canada from Mexico for a better life.

The Crown played a police recording from the family minivan of the accused praying in Spanish.

An English transcript of the intercept submitted by the prosecution said Perdomo Lopez was saying he “didn’t want to kill that child.”

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The man’s defence lawyer has said the remark was not a confession and that the Crown cherry-picked segments of the recordings to construct its story.

(The Canadian Press)