The trial has heard that police found the body of the Montreal-born yoga instructor inside the master bedroom of her house on a blood-soaked bed next to a steak knife on March 26, 2016. Police said they went to the scene after a frantic Butcher called 911 and told them he had killed his girlfriend and had cut off his hand. Wood told the 14-member Nova Scotia Supreme Court jury that an Apple computer and cell phone were seized from the house. Ottawa-based RCMP forensic toxicologist Christopher Keddy testified that alcohol was the only drug found in Johnston’s system at the time of her death. The jury has heard that the businesswoman had just shut down her yoga studio and was ending her relationship with Butcher.

Source: National Post April 16, 2018 10:07 UTC