Closing arguments wrap up in Meika Jordan murder trial
Posted Apr 28, 2015 6:51 pm.
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It’s been a long trial for the family of a murdered six-year-old Calgary girl, but the end is somewhat near.
Crown and defence wrapped up their final arguments Tuesday in the case of Meika Jordan, whose father Spencer and stepmother Marie Magoon are charged with her murder.
The two are accused of brutally torturing and killing the little girl back in 2011, following an extensive Mr. Big operation.
Some of the alleged acts include Magoon burning Meika’s hands with a lighter, Jordan punching her as hard as he could in the stomach and throwing her up and down stairs.
Jordan’s lawyer Mitch Stephensen said Tuesday afternoon that it was impossible to determine it was his client that struck the fatal blow to Meika and also criticized Magoon’s credibility.
He claimed discrepancies and contradictions between what Magoon told undercover officers and what she told Jordan throughout in certain conversations, adding she has not been truthful the entire time.
He also said the Magoon told a version of events that directly implicates Jordan, as well as it was unclear between them which violent acts each had committed.
He even said Jordan loved his children, he loved Meika and the Crown had failed to prove who caused the fatal blow.
The Crown’s Susan Pepper countered those arguments, saying each had committed offences, which were sufficient in causing fatal injuries, regardless of which injury was the fatal one.
She said the alleged assaults happened in close proximity even if they didn’t mean to kill her, they certainly meant to cause bodily harm which could lead to death, and being reckless in those acts doesn’t negate their actions.
As for Jordan’s attempts to resuscitate Meika after he realized she may be dead, Pepper said that was too little, too late and it didn’t change the state of mind when committing the violent and torturous acts.
There were also some tense moments between the two sides during Pepper’s final comments.
Stephensen twice interjected during her arguments after he had finished speaking, saying she was just repeating her arguments.
Both times Pepper replied by saying if Stephensen wanted to reply to her points, he could, but that he do it when she was finished making her points, like she had done when he was speaking before her.
Magoon’s lawyer Allan Fay stayed mostly quiet after making his final arguments Monday, but did say his client was a “stranger to the truth.”
Fay argued Monday that Magoon had admitted to burning Meika and other assaults, but that none caused any fatal injuries.
Judge Rosemary Nation will give her decision on June 3rd.
Members of Meika’s family and friends at the courtroom declined to give a formal interview, but did say walking out that they were relieved this chapter is over and they were looking forward to it concluding in June.
