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by: Ian Fairclough

Weird. That’s how defence lawyer Clayton Ruby described the trial of Rev. Brent Hawkes during closing arguments in Kentville provincial court Wednesday.

“This is a weird case, and the evidence is weird,” he said, adding the weirdness will make it a proceeding that will be remembered years from now.

“There’s a theme through my submissions, to watch for the weird case,” he said. “Because the weirdness tells you things that ordinary cases don’t tell you.”

Ruby conceded that he didn’t have the evidence to show the three Crown witnesses were lying, but “we do have an abundance of evidence that their testimony is unreliable.”