Triffie Wadman's death a tragic accident, lawyer Bob Buckingham says

Crown prosecutor Iain Hollett put a key question to jurors Thursday during final summations of a murder trial: why did Trevor Pardy bring a loaded pistol to meet his ex-girlfriend if he was not planning to use it?

• Autopsy found that Triffie Wadman bled to death from bullet wounds

Meanwhile, defence lawyer Bob Buckingham told jurors that his client didn't murder TriffieWadman, nor did he plan to kill her, and that her deathwas a tragic accident.

Hollettsummarized the evidence in the first-degree murder trial and made final arguments to the juryas to why they should find theBonavistaBay man guilty of the 2011 shooting.

Pardy, 38, is being tried for the death ofWadman, 30, on Boggy Hall Place in St. John's on Oct. 1, 2011.

Hollett called the last Crown witness Tuesday.

Buckinghamcalled no witnesses at all.

Justice

In closing summations,Hollettreiterated what Pardy texted his cousin before meeting Wadman the night of the shooting.

"Don't do nothing stupid," Nathan Pardy textedPardy.

"Stupid would be for me not to do anything; [it's] called justice," Trevor Pardy said.

Hollett told the 11-person juryit is them who cangive justice in the case.

Pardy ignored pleas from the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary to drop the gun and allowed Wadman to bleed to death, Hollett said.

Pardy's defence

Buckingham, on the other hand, told the jury that two good people met and bad things happened.

Pardy had a reputation as a good person, Buckingham told the jurors, pointing to testimony from his cousin and Const. Alex Prince

He questioned why Pardy would go to the bank and get money to repay Wadman ifhe was planning on killing her.

Buckingham told the jurors Wadman's death was a tragic accident, adding it isunknown who brought the gun, despite it being registered to Pardy.

He said there are differing accounts from witnesses on how many shots were fired the night of the shooting.

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