The first day of the Bruce Montague Criminal trial was spent reviewing photographs and video of police evidence.
The Crown’s second witness OPP Sgt. Norman Gilbert spent the afternoon playing the footage of weapons seized from the Montague home.
Gilbert participated in both police searches, and acted as a scribe for the officers who turned in the seized weapons.
During cross examination, Defense lawyer Doug Christie
claimed Gilbert’s testimony was hearsay, because he wasn’t
the officer who found the weapons.
Christie pointed out Gilbert didn’t actually count the amount of ammunition found, or closely examine the firearms.
Christie closed the day by asking Gilbert if he was a firearms expert, to which the OPP officer answered no.
The Crown is considering calling Gilbert to the stand again tomorrow to discuss a different issue.
