Relatives of those killed or injured in a daytime shooting at Toronto’s Eaton Centre say they remain fearful seven years after the attack.

Family members of those shot at the downtown mall on June 2, 2012 and survivors are telling a Toronto court how they have been affected by the incident, which claimed the lives of two men.

Christopher Husbands was convicted of manslaughter earlier this year and the victim impact statements are part of the sentencing process.

Husbands was also found guilty of five counts of aggravated assault and one count each of criminal negligence causing bodily harm and reckless discharge of a firearm.

Court heard Ahmed Hassan, 24, died on the floor of the mall’s food court and Nixon Nirmalendran, 22, died in hospital more than a week later.

Six others were hurt, including a 13-year-old boy who was shot in the head and survived, and a pregnant woman who was trampled as the attack set off a stampede.

A relative of Hassan’s says she thinks Husbands is still a threat to the public, and Nirmalendran’s fiancee says their now six-year-old son “fears for his life.”

Connor Stevenson, who was shot in the head, said Tuesday that he endures crippling headaches every day as a result of his injuries and the six surgeries that followed. Stevenson said he also struggles with memory and planning.

“I will never be able to lead a normal life,” he said.

His family said they no longer feel safe in public places and are gripped with anxiety about Stevenson’s health.

They also said the trial process has undermined their faith in the justice system, a feeling expressed by many of those who gave statements to the court Tuesday.

Husbands admitted at trial that he was the shooter but his lawyers argued he should be found not criminally responsible due to mental illness.

The Crown acknowledged Husbands suffered from PTSD due to a stabbing months earlier but said he was carrying out a vendetta against his attackers.

The trial was Husbands’ second in connection with the shooting. The first one saw him convicted of second-degree murder after being charged with first-degree.

Ontario’s court of appeal overturned that ruling and ordered a new trial after finding the judge had made an error in law regarding jury selection.

Prosecutors are challenging the verdict in the second trial and seeking a third one, alleging the judge in that proceeding made several mistakes related to evidence.

They allege Ontario Superior Court Justice Brian O’Mara erred in requiring them to introduce the evidence of three Crown witnesses through an agreed statement of fact.

They say O’Mara also erred in excluding evidence related to Husbands’s criminal record and his being on bail at the time of the shooting, as well as evidence from eyewitnesses “that the accused was engaged in a targeted shooting.”

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