Suspect in death of officer takes stand at trial

A Calgary teen charged with firstdegree murder in the death of a police officer in a hit-and-run testified Tuesday he feared for his life when he took off in his vehicle with Sgt. Andrew Harnett holding on. Harnett of the Calgary Police Service died in hospital on Dec. 31, 2020. The accused took the witness stand in his own defence, describing an abusive childhood where his family moved 10 times over a decade between Montreal, Toronto and Calgary to get away from his birth father. He said he, his mother and two older siblings lived mostly in homeless shelters during that time.