Trial retraces last steps of battle rapper Pat Stay before his death

Blair Rhodes · CBC News

· Posted: May 16, 2025 6:17 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 infinitesimal ago

The assemblage successful the second-degree execution proceedings of Adam Drake heard grounds Friday retracing Pat Stay's past movements earlier helium was killed.

The Dartmouth conflict rapper, 36, was stabbed successful a downtown Halifax nine aboriginal connected the greeting of Sept. 4, 2022, and was pronounced dormant successful infirmary soon after. Drake, now 34, was arrested a fewer days later.

Corey Ryan Good, a longtime person of Stay's, testified Friday day successful Nova Scotia Supreme Court successful Dartmouth. He said Stay attended his wedding connected the day of Sept. 3 astatine his location successful Lawrencetown, N.S., a assemblage astir 35 kilometres eastbound of Halifax.

Good told the court that connected the time earlier the wedding, Stay had enactment retired a diss track targeting American rapper The Game. Good did not elaborate connected what the 2 musicians mightiness person been feuding about.

Shaun Knowles followed Good into the witnesser box. Knowles was the barroom manager astatine Celtic Corner successful downtown Dartmouth. He told the tribunal Stay and immoderate different men showed up astatine the barroom connected Sept. 3 conscionable earlier past telephone astatine midnight and ordered shots and beers.

Knowles said it wasn't agelong earlier Stay near the barroom and headed for Halifax, wherever helium was fatally stabbed.

Much of Friday's grounds was from a forensic recognition officer, Det. Const. Randy Wood, who was testifying for a 2nd day. He was called to the Yacht Club Social at around 1:40 a.m. connected Sept. 4, about an hr aft Stay was stabbed successful the Halifax nightclub.

Wood instantly started taking videos and photographs of the transgression scene, opening successful beforehand of the nine wherever Stay had collapsed aft staggering retired of the building.

Wood was cross-examined by Drake's lawyer, Michael Lacy.

Under questioning, the seasoned serviceman admitted determination was a batch of postulation done the barroom that night, making it hard to find what related straight to the killing.

Lacy played Wood parts of security videos that showed adjacent constabulary officers were passing backmost and distant done the humor way from the stabbing.

Wood said helium recorded 44 abstracted footwear impressions connected the level astir the transgression scene. He besides conceded that his grounds photos were taken with the lights on and the room empty, while the information videos showed the lighting was murky astatine the clip of the attack.

The trial, scheduled to tally for 5 weeks, resumes Tuesday aft the vacation weekend.

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