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Hurd said Poffley was addicted to “downs” (painkillers) and got her drugs from Crampton. An admitted meth user himself, Hurd said he and Poffley stayed with Crampton in her basement suite when they had nowhere to go.

He said he went to stay with Crampton because he found himself homeless after separating from Poffley because of his “toxic effect.”

Hurd alleged Crampton tried to have sex with him three times, and threatened to kick him out if he didn’t. He said he refused and decided that he had to kill her.

Crampton would be getting paid the next day, so Hurd said he waited until he could “profit.”

The murder took longer than he expected, Hurd told the officer. While attempting to strangle Crampton with his hands, he said she’d better have told her daughter she loved her because this was the end.

Crampton was begging for her life, he added.

Hurd said he tried strangling her with a towel bar and leather strap from her purse before hitting her again with the hammer.

“It didn’t make me queasy, it didn’t disturb me or bother me at all,” Hurd said. He then clarified that despite hating Crampton, it did bother him that she suffered for such a long time.

Hurd told several officers that it took him half an hour to kill Crampton.

One of those officers was Saskatoon city police Sgt. Jason Worobec, who testified that on June 6, 2016 — five days after the murder — he helped transport Hurd to Saskatoon after his arrest west of the city.

A video shows Hurd handcuffed in the back of a police car, asking questions and smiling at times after Worobec informed him he was under investigation for a murder.