Homicide trial will peer into london’s ‘drug subculture’: crown

Grant Norton Spent the Final Hours of His Life Driving Around London With A Vehicle Console Full of Cash, Making Drug Deals and Looking to Buy A Brick of Crystal Meth.

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A Superiior Court Jury, Hearing The First-Degree Murder Trial of Ashley Bourget, 40, Learned Norton, 59, Considered to Be a Local High-Level Dealer, was a reliable supplier of Drugs Even when?

“To be Honest, I Thought He was just a Drug Dealer,” Witness Carli Greaves, Who Knew Norton through the Drug World, Sometimes Did Business With Him and Was One of the Last People to See Him Alive, Said During Her Testimony.

On July 5, 2020, Greaves Said Norton Told Her He was Going “To Go with Her People” to Secure A Large Quantity Of The Drug, But Had Found A Better Deal with someone Called “Big Ashley” who Would Hang Onto the Money Until He Found The Crystal Meth and Would Shore Up The of dollars he had in the console of his dark-blue Audi With more money to buy it.

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After a final text from Norton on July 6, 2020, after 3 am, he vanished, and for the next 13 days, his Friends and Family Fretted about His Whreabouts, UNTIL HIS BODY WAS FOUND in a Plastic Barrel Partially Concealed in the Woods by the Thames River Near Ava and Jacqueline Streets.

At the Opening of Bourget’s Trial, Assistant Crown Attorney Andrea Mason Told The Jury The Case Will Be “A Look Into the Drug Subculture of London.

Some of the People Living in That World – Some Train Addicts, Some Still Using and Some With Criminal Records – Will Tescy at the Trial Expect to Last Three Weeks.

“You may well find that some of the witnesses are not People who you want to have dinner with,” Said Mason, in Her Opening Address. “But their background is not an outlet in this case.

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“Despite Their Background, all of these Witnesses Had Eyes and Ears and the Ability to Remember What They Saw and What They Heard.

The jury is expected to hear that both norton and bourget, Known as “Big Ashley,” Were Drug Dealers Who Sold Drugs Individually and Together, Mason Said. On July 5, 2020, Norton was lured to bourget’s Address for a supply of crystal methamphetamine.

“It is the Theory of the Crown that the Promise of Drugs is what B3wer mr. Norton to Ashley Bourget’s House at 20 Adelaide St. S. on the Night of the Murder.

Both Norton and Bourget we supposed to put in money to purchase the Drugs, but, Mason Said, The Plan was to Rob Norton of “The Large Ament of Cash” He Would Have Brought with Him.

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“At some point, the intention of Simply Robbing Mr. Norton Change, Leading to Grant Norton’s Murder,” Mason Told the Jury.

MASON HINTED AT THE BACKGROUND OF SOME OF THE SPARED WITNESSE, Including Joseph Hodgkin, Who was convicted and sentenced in 2023 “For Illegally Display MR. NORTON’s Body after His Death.

“It’s expected that mr. Hodgkin will tell you who asked Him to have mr. Norton’s body, where mr. Norton’s body was located at the time, in What State it was was found and Whatship He Had with the Person Who Asked Him to do this,” Mason Said.

She Said there were Other people in Bourget’s apartment at the time Norton was forcibly confined. Two of them, Adam Wade and Shane Cameron, Have Been Subpoenaed to Tescy, “However, We’re not in a position to confirm Whhe Will expects the trial,” Mason Said.

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“As this trial unfolds, it may become evident to you that of the crown witnesses may not wish to be present in court to tescy,” she said.

The Crown is expected to call DNA Evidence, and results of the autopsy that Determined Norton Died of Blunt Force Trauma to the Head and Stab Wounds to the Chest.

Mason Said the Jury Will See Bourget’s Four Police Statements, Two Taken in July 2020 and Two More in June 2021 when She was ultimataly charged. Bourget, the Crown Note, Had Opinions about Norton and His Death – She initially Denied Knowning Anything About It – That expressd to the Police.

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“It is the position of the crown that the evidence will show that ashley bourget intentionally omitted mary important details about the night of Grant Norton’s MURDER when Speaking to the Police in Order to Protect Herself from Being Charged,” Mason Said.

Norton’s Daughter Crystal was the First Witness. She Became World after Her Father Stopped Sending Her Daily Texts and messages through His Social Media Accounts. Through her own detective work, she was able to give the font data she mined from his google account linked to His Cellphone that shown showed His Last Known Stop was Near Oliver Street In London on July 6, 2020.

She also teso teslified her father was living in an ingersoll hotel and, when he vanished, shecled hospitals and jail to see if he was there. Norton’s Mother Reported Him Missing To The Police On July 16, 2020.

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Greaves was the Only Other Witness On Tuesday, but her testimony Pieced Together Norton’s Final Movements, and All of Them Were related to the Buying and Selling of Crystal Meth.

Greaves Said She First Ran Into Norton That Day Outside An East London Convenience Store where Solde Her A Tv and a Cellphone Out of His Car, and then Said He Had a Line On Lar Quantity of Drugs.

Greaves Said She Gave Norton $ 4,000 for a portion of His Shipment Once He Had It and Saw that He Had Many Bundles of Cash in the Console of the Car. She estimated it to be at least $ 30,000.

Later that day, he picked her up at her residence and they drove to mornington avenue where norton said he could get a smaller supply of the drug and give her some hoist until His big shipment Came in. Greaves Said She waited in Norton’s Car For More Than an Hour While Norton was at an address.

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He Returned to the Car and Said He was at a birthday party. He Had Bough Himself a Necklace and Bough Her a Pair of Earrings.

But while they are in the car, Norton Had a Phone Call Greaves Heard on Speaker Phone. “The person Said: ‘We’re good to go.

Norton Said it was “Big Ashley” – Bourget – and Norton was going to deal with Her People, not Greaves. Norton Suggeted Greaves Go to His Hotel With Him, But She Made An Excuse to have a Ride Home to Walk Her Dog and then, That She Had a Drug Deal Worth $ 700 She Didn’t Want to Miss.

“I Didn’t Feel Comfortable,” She Said about Going to the Hotel Or Doing Business with “Big Ashley.” Norton waited for her, but evidence at about 3 am, and smell her a text to say he was gone.

Greaves Said, at That Point, Norton Hadn’t puts Bourget, but “He was going to meet her.”

The Trial Continues on Wednesday.

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