Richard Bain murder trial: Crown prosecutor raises concerns about 'suspicious' memory loss

The Crown prosecutor spent Tuesday questioning a psychiatrist for the defence, trying to poke holes in her hypothesis thatBain was psychotic on the night of theshooting at Montreal's Metropolis concert hall.

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Bainis accused of the first-degree murder of Denis Blanchette, who was shot and killed outside the venue of the Parti Qubcois election-night victory rally on Sept. 4, 2012.

Earlier, Baintestified thathe has no memory of the night of the shooting.

But duringcross-examination,Crown prosecutorDennisGaliatsatosasked defence psychiatrist Dr.Marie-FrdriqueAllardif she didn't find that Bain's"alleged pattern of memory loss is somewhat suspicious?"

Galiatsatos pointed out that two months after the shooting, Bain wrote out a fullaccount of the events of that night during a meeting with Allard.

It was only two and half years later, in April 2015, Galiatsatossuggested, that Bain first told another psychiatrist, Dr. Joel Watts, that he had no memory of the deadly attack.

While Allard acknowledged that was true, she added that she's not sure Bain'swritten account of what happened that night was a real memory.

"I don't know if it was a real memory, or did he construct that memory in his mind?" she said, referring to a letter in whichBainwrote aboutthe specificgunhe said heused in the attack. That letter includeddetails, such as,"My CZ858 jammed after 1 shot. If the rifle did not jam, I would have kept on shooting."

Galiatsatos shot back at Allard,"It would have to be an extremely detailed and very accurate fabrication."

The psychiatrist acknowledged that a pattern of memory loss can be suspicious,but she added that that doesn't mean"the actualmemory loss is not possible or probable."

AfterAllard's cross-examination is wrapped up,thecourt is expected to hear from psychiatristDr. Joel Watts, who has been called by the Crown to testify.