ST. JEROME, Quebec, May 14 (UPI) -- A Canadian doctor on trial for killing his two young children described what led to the stabbings and his bungled suicide attempt.
Guy Turcotte, 39, spent most of the week on the witness stand, The (Montreal) Gazette reported. His cross-examination is expected to continue Monday.
Turcotte has admitted killing the children but denies it was intentional murder.
Earlier in the week, Turcotte described the breakdown of his marriage to Jacqueline Gaston. The couple married in 2003, four years after they met in medical school in Quebec City.
On Friday, Claudia Carbonneau questioned Turcotte about why he drank windshield-washer fluid in his suicide attempt instead of using one of the many more reliable and less painful drugs available to him as a doctor. He said he studied it on the Internet.
In February 2009, Turcotte's mother called police because she was unable to reach him. Officers who went to his house found the bodies of Olivier, 5, and Anne-Sophie, 3. Their father was under a bed sick and covered in blood.
