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HAMILTON, Ont. — There were two key pieces of evidence the jurors in the Peter Khill second-degree murder trial never had when they retired mid-day Tuesday to begin their deliberations.

That’s absolutely the norm in Canadian courts, where judges often kick out evidence they deem to be more potentially prejudicial than useful or which was improperly obtained.

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One was a videotaped statement Khill gave to Hamilton Police about seven and a half hours after he shot and killed Jon Styres.

It would have shown jurors how distraught Khill really was after the shooting, a far cry from the composed fellow who coolly testified before them and told them how he had needed “needed to neutralize” an imminent threat.

Khill sobbed throughout much of the more than two-hour-long statement, which was never played in front of the jury because the judge found it hadn’t been entirely voluntary and that the detective who interviewed Khill may have attempted to “induce” him to talk by hinting that if the police had his side of the story, the charge against him might be less serious – or even that there might not be a charge.