Brothers' Bombshell: Murder Trial Unravels

0:00It's April 23rd. Welcome to Canada News Today, powered by AI. I'm Cory with the story. In a Montreal courtroom, 22-year-old Chad Benel just dropped the bombshell emission in his and his brother, Jaden's second-degree murder trial. He confessed to stabbing 27-year-old Connor Patrick O'Locklin in the heart, killing him on May 18th, 2024, right? In the guy's apartment building in the Sud, I'll Westboro. Here this week, Pinel owned up to lying during his police interrogation back in May, where he claimed neither brother had a knife and pin the. Stab on one of O'Locklin's friends by accident. Now he's saying he pulled the knife from his bag during the fight to protect his younger brother. The whole mess kicked off after 4A and partying. O'Locklin buzzed from bars, heard music from a nearby apartment with two women the pineals had, partied with at a bar and the casino. He knocked, wanted in to keep the vibe going, but things escalated when he challenged them to scrap, and everyone was deep in the drinks.

1:02On Thursday, under cross-example from his brother's lawyer and the prosecutor, Pinel insisted Jaden, whose 19, stayed chill with just a water. Bottle and vodka in hand, clueless about the knife. He painted himself as the big bro, stepping up, but the prosecutor hid back with casino video showing Pinel stumbling drunk himself. These trials peeling back layers on a night that turned deadly fast, and the jury's got plenty to chew on as testimony rolls on.