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Former Dal Medical Student Claims Self-defense in Murder Trial

A former Dal Medical Student took the stand today in his own defense in Halifax Provincial Court for the murder of 22 year, Taylor Samson.

30 year old William Sandeson claims he shot and killed, fellow Dal student, Samson, in self-defense in August 2015.

Samson was last seen in Sandeson’s Halifax apartment after a drug deal between the two of them.

Sandeson, from Lower Truro, was 22 at the time.

The trial is now in week five.

  • Caitlin Snow is an award-winning news anchor who started in the radio business nearly 20 years ago. She is based in Halifax, reporting on and broadcasting stories across Nova Scotia. Contact Caitlin at snowc@radioabl.ca.

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