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BY NEIL BOWEN

SARNIA — Jurors have started deliberating whether the Brampton trucker who admitted killing his wife and burning her in a Hwy. 402 transport truck fire planned her death or committed the crime impulsively.

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Suhkchain Singh Brar, 52, has testified he killed Gurpreet Brar, 37, on Jan. 31, 2016 when he went blind with anger after she grabbed his neck and told him he was not the father of their youngest child.

Both were licensed truckers traveling in a truck along the 402 near Sarnia.

On Thursday, Superior Court Justice Bruce Thomas outlined the Crown and defence cases to jurors before sending them to the jury room until they reach a unanimous verdict.

Thomas told jurors they must be sure if their verdict is guilty. The Crown must satisfy them beyond a reasonable doubt, which is closer to absolute certainty than a balance of probabilities, the judge said.

But Thomas also said it was nearly impossible to prove something to an absolute certainty.