KINGSTON, Ont. - A young man accused, along with his parents, of killing his three sisters told a police interrogator his mother had nothing to do with the deaths.
Tooba Mohammad Yahya, 41, her husband Mohammad Shafia, 58, and their son, Hamed Mohammad Shafia, 20, are each charged with four counts of first-degree murder.
Three teenage Shafia sisters, Zainab, 19, Sahar, 17, and Geeti, 13, along with Rona Amir Mohammad, 50, were found dead inside a car submerged in the Rideau Canal in June 2009.
The jury is watching the video of Hamed's interrogation and the police officer grills him about inconsistencies in his earlier statements.
At one point Hamed answers "no" when Det. Steve Koopman asks if he meant to get involved, but later Hamed goes back to the original story of an accident.
He does say his mom "doesn't have anything to do with it," and that night she was feeling unwell, had taken some pills and wasn't conscious.
© The Canadian Press, 2011