The man accused of murdering Clemence Beaulieu-Patry continued to testify Friday about his troubled state of mind in the months and years before the killing.
Randy Tshilumba explained in court that starting in 2014 he became increasingly nervous and anxious, to the point that he urged his mother to move.
On a trip to the Republic of Congo, he became convinced that Beaulieu-Patry and her friends had followed him and were stalking him in Africa.
On Thursday Tshilumba admitted to killing Beaulieu-Patry, saying it came after years of what he thought was her stalking and spying on him, and ultimately thinking she was about to kill multiple people.
Tshilumba was on the stand Friday asked why he went twice to the Maxi before the fateful day where he stabbed her.
He said he wanted to know why she wanted to kill him, and he wanted to talk to her out of it. The final time he visited the story was on the April 10, 2016.
The defendant said he approached her again. She wasn't happy to see him and she allegedly yelled a racial slur at him.
Tshilumba again repeated that he thought Beaulieu-Patry was about to kill him, so he stabbed her.
Asked why he ran away, his explanation is that he thought her friends were running after him.
He also said that reason why did he searched online how to get rid of the evidence was because he didn't want his mother to find the knife and confiscate it.
Tshilumba’s lawyer Philippe Larochelle said two psychiatrists will testify the defendant was delusional at the time.
Once Larochelle finishes questioning Tshilumba, the Crown will then cross-examine the man who says his actions were the result of a mental illness.
