The double murder trial in the deaths of two young women at a Fort Erie rental home almost five years ago has entered its eighth week.

Christopher Lucas, a 27-year-old Toronto rapper known as “El Plaga,” has pleaded not guilty to two counts of second-degree murder in connection with the deaths of Christine Crooks, 18, of Toronto, and Juliana Pannunzio, 20, of Windsor.

The women were shot and killed Jan. 19, 2021, during a house party at an Airbnb short-term rental property on Niagara Parkway.

The trial began in Superior Court of Justice in Welland in October.

On Tuesday, Justice James Ramsay told the six-man, six-woman jury if the case is not completed by Dec. 19, he would be adjourning the proceedings for two weeks.

The jury has heard testimony from several people who attended the pa

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