Jury to decide if admitted killer is guilty of first-degree or second-degree murder, lawyers argue

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There is no doubt that Tyler William Robert Hurd bludgeoned Cynthia Crampton to death with a hammer and tried to asphyxiate her. The contentious issue at his trial is whether it was second-degree or first-degree murder, a Saskatoon jury heard.
The Crown and defence made their closing arguments on Thursday at Hurd’s first-degree murder trial in Court of Queen’s Bench. 
Hurd confessed to killing Crampton in her bathroom on June 1, 2016,