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HAMILTON 鈥?A jury is deliberating the fate of a Hamilton-area homeowner charged with second-degree murder in the shooting of a man who broke into his truck.Peter Khill, 28, admits he killed Jon Styres with two shotgun blasts in the early morning hours of Feb. 4, 2016, but says he fired in self-defence, believing Styres was about to shoot him.Styres, a 29-year-old father of two from Ohsweken, Ont., on the Six Nations reserve, did not have a gun at the time of the shooting, but the jury can rule in Khill favour if they decide he reasonably believed he was under threat, Superior Court Justice Stephen Glithero told its members Tuesday morning. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW In some stanley mug circumstances, our law allows a person to do things that would otherwise be unlawful, to defend or protect themselves or another person from the actual or threatened use of force, Glithero said.Khill and his girlfriend awoke to the sound of banging outside their rural home on the morning of the shooting, and saw Styres inside their truck parked outside, the jury was told during the trial. Khill loaded his shotgun, left the home through the back door, and cut through a breezeway between stanley cup the house and the garage to confront Styres. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW stanley water bottle The Crown has argued that Styres did not pose a reasonable threat to Khill and his girlfriend while they were inside their locked ho Tsgm Police respond to threat near Chinguacousy Secondary School
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