After two months of arguments, the Crown and the defence lawyers in the Richard Bain trial are making their final presentations to the jury.

Defence lawyer Alan Guttman spent Thursday summarizing his case that Bain was not mentally competent the night of the Sept. 2012 shooting that left Denis Blanchette dead and injured Dave Courage.

Guttman said there is evidence dating to 2009 that Bain was not of sound mind.

He also reiterated that in the opinion of psychiatrists, Bain was not criminally responsible for the attack at the Metropolis.

Guttman said the evidence that Bain believed he was acting under a plan from God should make it clear that he was not mentally competent.

"If he's mentally sick, and if he believed that what he was doing was right, the will of God, the higher power, then I think he should be acquitted for being non-criminally responsible," said Guttman.

He also repeated that several witnesses testified that Bain, who according to the Crown had a deep-seated hatred of separatists, never had any conflicts with francophones. 

The Crown began summing up its case Thursday afternoon, and will complete the task on Friday morning.

Prosecutor Dennis Galiatsatos has argued that Bain was motivated by a desire to kill as many separatists as possible and had decided that attacking the victory celebrations at the Metropolis was the best place to do so.

Galiatsatos also said that Bain's hatred of separatists was well-documented. 

He also said that Bain's intent to kill was obvious in the large number of weapons he brought to the club, and the fact he had modified his weapons to carry more bullets. 

Once the closing arguments are done, Justice Guy Cournoyer will make his final instructions to the jury.

Cournoyer will give the jurors the options for the verdicts on the six charges Bain faces for the death of Blanchette, the shooting of Courage, the charges of attempted murder of two police officers, and arson.

The jury can deliberate as long as it wants, and deliberations continue seven days a week until the jury comes to a verdict for every count.

If the jury decides that Bain went to the Metropolis with the specific goal of killing people, he will be sentenced to spend at least 25 years in prison.

If he is found not criminally responsible, Bain will be sent to the Pinel Institute until doctors determine that he is no longer a threat to society.