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Following six gruelling weeks of tension-filled testimony, the jury in the trial of four men accused in the killing Lukas Strasser-Hird is deciding their fate.

On Monday, Court of Queen’s Justice Glen Poelman spent nearly three hours instructing the jury in the case of the swarming that left Strasser-Hird, 18, dying in a 10 Ave. S.W. back alley in the early morning of Nov. 23, 2013.

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Court heard the incident’s origins were words exchanged over a coat check delay at the Vinyl nightclub that snowballed into a fight in front of the bar before moving to the alley.

Strasser-Hird, 18, was cornered against a dumpster, beaten and stabbed to death.

Court has heard testimony that some of the attackers returned to further assault a prone Strasser-Hird as he pleaded for his life. Passersby told court they attempted to fend off the assailants.