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Ex-Montreal mayor Applebaum won’t testify in corruption trial as Crown rests
MONTREAL – Ex-Montreal mayor Michael Applebaum won’t testify or present a defence at his corruption trial, his lawyer told Quebec Court Judge Louise Provost on Tuesday.
Applebaum’s lawyer, Pierre Teasdale, told the court he wouldn’t be calling anyone else to the stand.
The defence announced their intentions after the Crown rested its case on the trial’s seventh day.
Closing arguments will take place Friday and Monday for the Crown and defence respectively.
Applebaum has pleaded not guilty to all 14 corruption-related charges, including fraud against the government and breach of trust.
They stem from crimes alleged to have occurred between 2007-10 when he was mayor of Montreal’s largest borough.
The Crown alleges Applebaum, 53, who served as interim Montreal mayor between November 2012 and June 2013, accepted cash through a former aide in exchange for favours given to local real-estate developers and engineering firms.
(Cogeco Nouvelles/The Canadian Press)
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