Adam Picard’s first-degree murder trial hit another obstacle

Adam Picard’s first-degree murder trial hit another obstacle Thursday as his defence team mounted a challenge to the Crown’s hearsay witnesses during the second day of testimony.
Justice Kevin Phillips dismissed the jury and halted testimony just minutes after it began after Crown prosecutors Dallas Mack and Louise Tansey had called a friend of slain Fouad Nayel to testify about the last time the 28-year-old Barrhaven man was seen alive.
The Crown alleges Picard killed Nayel with a s