Mason Campbell, Amber's live-in boyfriend at the time of her murder, was the first witness up this morning to finish his testimony from yesterday.
The defense brought up the fact that charges had been laid in connection with him attacking his new girlfriend with a homemade spear in 2012.
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Campbell done. Court breaks .
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He says it was "for protection"
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Crown asks why Campbell would have a spear (relating to charges against another girlfriend)
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Redirect happening now
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Cross examination done.
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Chris #Falconer sitting still, staring at Campbell as he testifies.
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Ambers parents maintaining their composure as Campbell is being grilled by the defence in cross examination.
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"I wasn't paying attention to time" Campbell says to a packed courtroom
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Taylor questioning Campbell now about timeframes the night Amber went missing. He can't recall exactly what time he came and left home.
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Crowd now waiting to get inside courtroom has grown to 15 people. @globalhalifax #kirwan pic.twitter.com/NidhwOUi8p
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Campbell says his definition of the word changed since then.
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Taylor pointing out that Campbell says Amber wasn't even tipsy in police statement.
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Taylor asks if there were a number of rolls of duct tape in his car. He can't recall.
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A tire iron was also missing from Campbell's car, but he said he was "in possession of it"
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There were a number of items seized from Campbell's car, including a shovel and duck tape.
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Campbell says he went to Heathbell "more than a couple times" and that his car was seized by police and items were taken from car.
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Police told Campbell a second time that he could be contaminating evidence and that the focus could point to him if he didn't stay away
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Campbell agrees that in hindsight it wasn't good to get so involved but says "I couldn't sit still"
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Taylor asks why he went to Heathbell after being told by police not to.
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Campbell agrees that police cautioned him not to get too involved in looking for Amber, told him not to accuse anyone.
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Campbell continues to say he "can't recall" as Taylor presses him on many issues he testified to yesterday.
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Campbell says he drove about 150 yards to look for Amber before turning around after seeing a cab headed towards his house
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Taylor says Mason wasn't worried enough to go look for her that night, and instead went home and decided to sleep. He agrees.
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Campbell says he never went to bar to check for her, never got out of car to look for her, but says it was unusual
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Campbell says he "can't recall" Some of he things Taylor is asking him. Maintains he didn't see Amber when he drove by, didn't stop to check
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Taylor pointing out inconsistencies in statements Campbell gave to police following Ambers disappearance.
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In police statement, Campbell says he stopped at big Als when he got to town. Yesterday and today he said he didn't stop there originally
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Taylor now getting Campbell to retrace his drive the night Amber went missing
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Since Amber's funeral, Mason hasn't had any contact with Ian Muir.
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Taylor now referring to another statement given to police. In it, Campbell says he can't recall what he said to police but "stands by" it
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Taylor asks Campbell if he tried to talk Amber out of going to the bar, he says maybe; then says he can't recall.
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Campbell again says it's irrelevant.
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Taylor points out that Amber was aggravated that he didn't want to go to bar. He agrees. Taylor asks why he didn't mention that yesterday.
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Taylor now taking Campbell back to the last conversations he had with Amber.
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A crowd of 10 people gathered outside the courtroom. Hoping to get inside following first break. @globalhalifax #kirwan
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Campbell says that information was "irrelevant" and that it wasn't about him, but about Amber.
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He never told police he was driving illegally and had been drunk
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Taylor getting Campbell to review his statement to police. In it, he claims to have only had 2 drinks and didn't wanna drive past 12
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Mason "can't recall" whether he told police he was drinking and high the night he drove to get Amber
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Taylor points out that Campbell never told police why he didn't wanna pick up Amber at bar
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Campbell "can't recall" what he told police in those statements
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Taylor questioning Campbell about statements he have to police following Amber's disappearance.
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Campbell says he entered a peace bond and "turned the page" on the allegations.
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Campbell says charges were laid, allegations related to a homemade spear used to threaten a girlfriend in summer of 2012
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Campbell says he's never been charged with criminal offences. Defence reminds him there were charges regarding threats and weapons
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Cross examination to begin now with Mike Taylor
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Crown done with Mason Campbell.
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Campbell says to his knowledge Amber never met Falconer. Neither he nor Amber also met Alice Meier, Falconer's stepsister
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"I did not. Never met him in my life" Campbell testifies.
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Crown asking Campbell if he knew Chris Falconer in October of 2011
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Campbell: "everything came crashing down, it's the worst hope, worst nightmare" on girlfriends body being found
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Campbell says he found out about Amber's body being found when he was at his Aunts home.
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Campbell says friend that told him where Goodall lived was Katie McCullough
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Campbell says only contact with Goodall was the second time he visited Heathbell. That's when Mason paid him a visit to see what he knew.
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Campbell asked if the name Nathan Goodall means anything, he says yes, says it was a coworker, but never had contact with him
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Crown asks if Campbell knew about the items found in Heathbell, Campbell says yes, and admits going to scene.
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Mason says his memory is hazy after two years, crown reminds him this is a pretty important event in his life.
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Campbell talking about posters that were put up looking for Amber. She had been missing for weeks before her body was found.
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Campbell: "word spread like wildfire" about Amber Kirwan's disappearance.
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After his girlfriends disappearance, Campbell says he tried to get the word out and organized searches for her
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Campbell says he spoke to police and tried to recall exactly what he did and the routes he took in the weeks after her death for cops
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Campbell now describe what happened after Amber went missing. He says the next few weeks are "hazy"
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After not finding Amber at hospital or police station, Campbell says he started to get frantic, "I went on the hunt for her"
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He said he don't call Ambers parents right away because he "didn't want to worry them", and "wasn't thinking the worse at that point".
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Campbell says he spoke to police and told them he thought Amber was missing before he spoke to her parents.
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Campbell thought maybe Amber was drunk and could have "passed out from intoxication"
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People still filing in to #Pictou courthouse. Crowd waiting for a seat inside courtroom. @globalhalifax pic.twitter.com/IF3mhsOuOf
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He then went on foot to look for Amber, found some of her friends also looking for Amber downtown
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Around 11 the next morning, Campbell started to get ahold of Ambers friends, none knew where she was.
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Campbell says Ambers Facebook page was open on their laptop so he put a post up looking for info on her whereabouts
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Masons mother, Eva Campbell checked hospitals and police with no luck searching for Amber.
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Campbell says his mom called police and hospital looking for Amber for him .
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When he woke up the next morning, he texted some of Ambers friends from her cell phone and called his mom to tell her Amber didn't come home
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Once Campbell got home, he "dozed off", says "I was pretty tired" on stand
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Crown pressing Campbell on certain areas, mainly on his level of intoxication throughout the the night Amber went missing.
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Campbell testifies that he thought he went to bed around 3:30/4 am
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After coming home he went to bed with three phones near him, his cell phone, Ambers cell phone and their home phone
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Campbell says he thought Amber might have been in a cab on way home
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He says he decided to take another look for Amber, drove a little bit and saw some cabs so turned around and went home
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He invited Renee Avery and her boyfriend to sleep inside apartment
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He said he hoped "information" about Amber would come in, but it didn't.
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After texting some of Ambers friends, he cleaned up apartment, watched tv and played guitar
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He said it wasn't like Amber to not come home, but "wasn't expecting the worst at that time"
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When he got home, he grabbed Ambers phone and texted some of her friends to try and find her
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He says here were two people in truck outside when he got to his and ambers apartment
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After driving Ian home, he drove back past Dooleys, starting to get worried but decided to go home
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Crown prosecutor Bill Gorman is now questioning Campbell about the night he last seen Kirwan. @globalhalifax pic.twitter.com/APerHrbcfx
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He says he "wasn't too worried" about Amber at that time, thought she was with friends, wanting to continue their night.
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Mason said he "had some time" to drive Ian home, was hoping to hear from Amber along the way.
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After he waited there for a minute, he left and drove Ian Muir, friend from their party and coworker of Ambers home to Stellerton.
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When he didn't see Amber anywhere on his drive he drove and parked at Big ALs (where they were supposed to originally meet) for 1 minute.
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Campbell says he drove around the area of Doolys looking to see Amber, had no luck.
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That number was wrong. He never got anywhere by calling around so drove through town, describing route now.
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After not seeing Amber at store, Mason called one of Ambers friends looking for her, she wasn't there. He was given another number to call.
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Both Donald and Marjorie testified in the case Tuesday.
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Amber Kirwan's parents, Donald and Marjorie are once again in the front row of courtroom, listening to testimony.
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Defence lawyer Mike Taylor has yet to question Campbell about the night Kirwan disappeared. @globalhalifax pic.twitter.com/vhAZoyIfta
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Campbell testified yesterday that he asked Amber to meet him at the store because he was driving illegally and had been drinking that night.
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Campbell pointing out locations to jury members on a map inside court.
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Campbell dated Amber Kirwan at the time of her disappearance. Took the stand briefly yesterday before court was adjourned. @globalhalifax
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Mason Campbell makes his way to the courtroom to testify in Falconer trial. @globalhalifax #kirwan pic.twitter.com/wtSW4EPHOH
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The store is about 30 ft from the bar. Campbell didn't see Amber waiting for him, so drove by and parked at nearby legion.
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Campbell describing the route he took to pick up Amber the night she disappeared. The two were supposed to meet at Big ALs parking lot.
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Campbell's testimony yesterday focused on a party the two hosted the night Kirwan disappeared.
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Campbell was dating Amber #Kirwan when she was murdered.
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Campbell on the stand now.
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#Falconer in court, jury has just been called in. Mason Campbell to continue testimony momentarily.
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