'I killed them because they were not innocent,' man accused of killing 3 women told police

"This is not you,Basil, this is not you."

Thosewere the last words of 66-year-old Carol Culletonbefore she was strangled with a television cable at her cottage near Combermere, Ont., according to heraccused murderer, Basil Borutski.

His chilling interview with Ontario Provincial PoliceDet. Sgt. Caley O'Neillrecorded the day after thekillings of Culleton, Anastasia Kuzyk, 36, and Nathalie Warmderdam, 48, on Sept. 22, 2015, at three separate locationsin and around Wilno, Ont.was played for the jury in an otherwise silent Ontario courtroom in Ottawa Friday.

Court has heard that Borutskiknew all three victims. Hehad been in previous relationships withWarmerdam and Kuzyk, andwas convicted of offences against Warmerdam and Kuzykin 2012 and 2014respectively.

Nearthe end of the hours-long interview the day after the killings, Borutski tells police he hasn't slept in days andthat he'sbeen trying to get help on a crisis line and through a probation officer. He saysthat he feltlike his "head was going to blow off" and that "everything was just snapping in my head," but that he "got nothing."

Accused felt God was on his side

He tellsO'Neill that the night before the killings,he spoke to an older woman at his building about the Bible and about the difference between killing and murder.

"Murdering is killing something innocent," he says in the interview. If the Bible said thou shalt not kill, people wouldn't be allowed to kill animals for foodor for sport, he says.

Later, he talksabout what happened on Sept. 22, 2015, saying he felt like God was on his side and telling him where to go, like he was in danger, like he could see everything happeningas if he were watching through a camera or walking beside himself, and that the man he was watching was like a zombie.

"I killed them because they were not innocent. They were guilty. I was innocent. Ihad done nothing wrong in God's eyes," he tellsO'Neill.

'You're lying to me again'

It started atCulleton'scottage.

"And Iremember thinking that God is really helping me, because when Iwent to Carol's,Carol walked right outside. And then Iasked her, Isaid, 'Why do you hate me, why are you doing this to me?'"BorutskitellsO'Neill in hushed tones, his elbows on the table, his head in both his hands.

"And then she closed the door, Iwas right there, and then Ibroke the window with my elbow and Ireached in and I unlocked the door. And she said, 'This is not you, Basil, this not you.'

"Then she told me that [a man]was coming over becausethe hydro was out, and Isaid, 'You're lying to me again,' and therewas a, a cable TVcoil, and Ipicked it up and Ihit her with it and Iwrapped it around her head. And she just kept saying, 'This is not you,Basil, this is not you.'"

After a long pause, O'Neill shakesBorutski's hand andthanks him for being truthful.

But it doesn't end there.

'The gunwent off, because it just lies'

After a break, Borutskitalksabout seeing himself with a gun days beforebecause of his fear of police. He sayshe had earlier found a shotgun and some rusty old shells, and that he'd hidden them in the bush.

Then he discusses the killings ofKuzyk and Warmerdam.He says he took Culleton's car,drove it to Kuzyk'shouse in Wilnoand walked up to the door.

"Anastasia, she just walked out, and I asked Anastasia, Isaid, 'Why did you lie in court?' And she said, 'Ididn't,' and then the gunwent off, because it just lies," Borutski says.

"What part of her body," O'Neill asks, referring tothe 12-gauge shotgun blast that killed her.

"I haveno idea, she ducked down. There was an island. Idon't know," Borutski responds."There was a little island and she was standingand she just went down, and thegun went off, after she went down. She went in and Iwalked in right behind her,it's as ifit was supposed to be, and Iturned around and Iwalked right back behind her.

"There was another girl there, she had a toothbrush in her mouthand she said, 'Who are you, Iwill kill you,' and that's all."

Afterward he asked God what to do, he says, and that he started to drive.

Next, Borutskimade his way to Warmderdam's house near Eganville, Ont., court has heard.

'I followed her boom. That was it'

When it came time to talk about her killing, Borutski offered little detail.

"What happened? I just drove in, walkedin the door, she was sitting there, she went around the corner,Ifollowed her boom. That was it. And Iwalked out. It was funny, like Iwasn't even pulling the trigger on the gun, the gun was just going offboop."

O'Neill asks if there was anyone else there.

"Idon't think so. Ididn't see anybody," Borutski says.

Victims used him, lied in court, Borutski alleges

O'Neillis the prosecution's first witness, and the first half of his videotaped interview withBorutskiwas played in court Thursday.

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On it, the jury heard Borutskitell O'Neillhe'd been wrongfully accused by Warmerdam and Kuzyk,who he claims lied in court and abused the system to secure convictions against him. He also saidall three victims used him.

He also saidhe doesn't trust police because they prosecuted him maliciously in the past, and he repeatedly askedO'Neill to reinvestigate thecharges laid against him,as well asall his previous interactions with police,to understand what eventually happened.

During opening statements Wednesday, Crown attorney Jeffery Richardson alleged Borutski's interview with police alsoincludedconfessions to all three killings.

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Borutskiremains silent in court

Borutski'strial in Ontario Superior Court before Justice Robert Maranger started earlier this week with jury selection and is scheduled to run for 17 weeks.

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Borutskihas not hired a lawyer andis therefore representing himself at the trial, but he has refused to enter a plea or speak at all,forcingthe court to entera plea of not guilty on his behalf.

Marangerhas repeatedly toldBorutskiand the court that his silence is being interpreted as acquiescence to the proceedings.

He sat motionless and expressionless in the prisoner's box Friday, sometimes watching the screen, other times staring at the ceiling or down at the floor.

An amicus curiae, also known as a friend of the court, has been appointed to ensure Borutskigets a fair trial.