This is a complete set of tweets from Angela MacIvor of the CBC on the closing argument made by the Defence.
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Taylor thanks the jury. He is finished presenting his closing argument.
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Defence lawyer Mike Taylor says "this isn't a sniff test. This is about reasonable doubt."
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Taylor also points out that Falconer didn't know Meier wasn't home that night.
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Taylor says the camper was not secure. The door didn't work. "Anyone could have gotten into that trailer any time they wanted to."
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Taylor now talking about Falconer's text message to Alice Meier saying he had been in the camper trailer.
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Taylor says "it's not exact" and jury doesn't need to accept cell phone expert Aboumitri's opinion as fact.
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Taylor now talking about cell towers and phone records. He urges jury to have a discussion about that evidence.
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Taylor says "people say things they don't mean all the time. This is a big one." He says Falconer made comment about pleading guilty once.
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Taylor says Falconer was feeling down and defeated and he wanted to take the pressure off his family.
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Taylor talking about phone call between Falconer and his father.
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Taylor says "chances aren't great, but it's still possible."
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Taylor now referring to fibres from blue blanket allegedly found on tank top. He says it could have been from another source.
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Taylor says investigators stopped pursuing DNA of unknown person because they were focusing on Falconer. He wonders why,
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Taylor suggests that perhaps someone else wore that shirt.
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Falconer's DNA was found on the back tag of shirt.
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Taylor says regions on shirt that were tested for DNA- armpits, neck, etc had no sign of Falconer's DNA.
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Taylor says the evidence is significant for "what was not found" on that shirt.
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Taylor points out another unknown person's DNA was also found on the shirt.
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Taylor says DNA expert Suzanski confirmed samples from shirt were tested 4 times.
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Mike Taylor says what was found on the black tank top was significant.
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Taylor now talking about the black tank top. He says there's no proof it was Chris Falconer's shirt. He says it just looked like his shirt.
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He points out that Alice Meier said it had been broken for a while.
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Taylor now talking about broken window in Falconer's car. He focused on this a lot during trial.
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Taylor says it also doesn't make sense that Falconer would grab the evidence in front of other people and throw it in the car.
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Taylor says it's convenient that this "evidence package" was there after car was cleaned.
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Taylor points out that Robson cleaned Falconer's car. He says the bag she touched was not the same bag later found in the car.
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Taylor calls it the "evidence package." He asks jury to question why that bag was there weeks after Kirwan went missing.
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The shirt had blood and both Kirwan and Falconer's DNA on it.
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Taylor says the "nicely packaged evidence" found in Falconer's car is highly suspicious. He is talking about the plastic bag with shirt."
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Taylor says the box of latex gloves found in Falconer's car is speculative evidence. He says they are commercial gloves found anywhere.
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Taylor says the trace evidence of Tylenol and caffeine in water bottle found as evidence also not conclusive.
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Taylor says Amber Kirwan was obviously there, but no evidence ties Falconer to that location.
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Taylor now talking about the camper trailer.
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Taylor says nothing links Falconer to the burial site either.
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Taylor says there is "nothing, nothing at all that pins Christopher Falconer to that site."
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Taylor now talking about clothes found in Heathbell. He says there is no question they belonged to Amber Kirwan.
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Taylor points out how cooperative Falconer was in that police interview.
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Taylor suggests thanksgiving weekend wasn't a special weekend for Falconer.
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Taylor says "asking someone to recall what they did 3 weeks ago is not going to be a simple task."
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Taylor now talking about Falconer's police questioning. A recording was played in court last week.
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Taylor suggests "someone would have heard something,"
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Taylor says no one outside Dooly's heard any sort of commotion that Amber Kirwan was dragged into a car.
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Taylor refers to Kirwan's father's testimony that his daughter was safety conscious. Taylor says she wouldn't get in car with just anyone.
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Taylor reminds jury that Campbell said "I don't recall" on witness stand a lot.
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Taylor reminds jury that Campbell's car was searched. Duct tape and a shovel was found. He says neither was tested after Kirwan's body found
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Taylor asks jury to question how Campbell says he spent his time when he went home that night.
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Taylor says Campbell also originally lied to police about being drunk, high and driving with no insurance or registration.
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Taylor brings up point that instead of waiting around for his girlfriend, Mason Campbell drove Ian Muir home.
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Taylor now focusing on Mason Campbell's testimony. He points out inconsistencies in his recollection of events too.
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Ebrahim testified that Falconer asked her to lie for him.
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Taylor says the fact that Ebrahim and Falconer had no follow-up questions about that lie doesn't make sense.
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Taylor says Ebrahim's testimony that Falconer asked her to lie for him is also questionable.
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Taylor says Ebrahim's testimony was "all over the map."
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Taylor says she gave very inconsistent statements. He points out she didn't remember much and ha to ask friends for timeline of events.
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Defence says Jerricka Ebrahim is completely unreliable as a witness.
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Taylor says we didn't hear from Dean, so it's impossible to know what she did with that prescription.
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Taylor says Rosalee Dean or "Fred" as she is known had a prescription for Tylenol 3s. Taylor says this means nothing.
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Taylor says first impressions aren't always real. He is discrediting her as a reliable witness.
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Taylor asks jury to focus on text messages Tiffany Robson had with many people.
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Taylor says there was nothing on that pill bottle that connects it to Falconer, except for where it was found.
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Taylor says the pill bottle did not have Falconer's fingerprints.
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Taylor points out that Robson said Falconer had Tylenol 3s wrapped in plastic, not a pill bottle. A pill bottle was found in Falconer's car.
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Taylor wonders why Robson brought that story forward just 3 weeks ago. He suggests it is "highly suspicious."
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Taylor points out that Robson was jealous and didn't ask Falconer questions about his apparent suicide attempt. He questions her story.
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Taylor now bringing up Tiffany Robson's testimony that Falconer always had Tylenol 3s on him and that he tried to commit suicide.
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Taylor says "all we know is those substances were found in her system." He says we don't know what that means.
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Caffeine was found in Kirwan's body. He suggests it may not be linked to Tylenol as suggested by crown.
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Taylor asks jury to remember that Kirwan was drinking rockstars the night she went missing. It's a caffeine drink.
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Taylor says in the beginning of trial, the jury heard from friends of Kirwan. He reminds them those witnesses were intoxicated.
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Taylor asks jury to mix all evidence. He urges the term "common sense."
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Defence lawyer Mike Taylor says this isn't going to be a simple matter. He says "there are going to be issues intertwined with one another."
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Mike Taylor says his intention is not to fool the jury.
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Taylor says there are plenty pieces of evidence that don't say much at all.
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Taylor says there is no "smoking gun" in this case.
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Taylor asks jury to use common sense and ask "why didn't we see this, why didn't we hear that?"
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Taylor asks jury to pay close attention to "what wasn't found in this case."
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Taylor tells jury to "not jump to conclusions."
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Mike Taylor says some of the evidence is "difficult to follow."
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Taylor tells jury to not be afraid to raise a point they think is important. He says there are no stupid questions.
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Taylor encourages the jury to play devil's advocate with one another.
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Taylor asks jury to take their time and listen to each other. He says they will all have varying opinions,
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Taylor speaks directly to jury about the difficult nature of this case.
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Defence lawyer Mike Taylor begins his closing statement.
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