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SA国际影视传媒淚 donSA国际影视传媒檛 recall.

SA国际影视传媒淟ike I said, I was drinking.SA国际影视传媒�

Those were the responses a visibly irritated Sasha Cayen, 29, gave to defence lawyer Alan Regel, as he attempted to unfurl the night, five years ago, that cost Alex Norwegian, 25, his life.

Norwegian was found beaten and frozen in his vandalized car near Hay River in December 2017, just days after Christmas.

Sasha has already stood trial and pleaded guilty to manslaughter for her part in NorwegianSA国际影视传媒檚 death. She was sentenced to 43 months in January 2019. SheSA国际影视传媒檚 now out of custody.

On Monday, she testified in NWT Supreme Court in Yellowknife in the jury trial of her cousin, Levi Cayen, 24, whoSA国际影视传媒檚 accused of murdering Alex Norwegian in the first degree.

Sasha appeared via video link from another floor in the courthouse, wearing a hooded sweatshirt with her thick hair thrown back.

She yawned, coughed, slumped, and at one point rolled her eyes during the cross-examination.

Undeterred, Regel, in his trademark booming candour, worked patiently with Sasha to piece together what exactly happened that night, and most importantly: Was the murder of Alex Norwegian planned?

Earlier in the trial, the jury heard that Sasha was at the home of James Thomas with Tyler Cayen, both her cousins, on Dec. 26, 2017. A daily drug user, Sasha had been up for days at this point. Another cousin joined them and they drank and smoked crack until they ran out.

Jim then drove Sasha to pick $60-worth of crack from Alex Norwegian.

About an hour later, Alex texted Sasha and asked for her help to get his car out of a snowbank.

Sasha, Jim, and Tyler helped Alex. He gave them $10 cash and small rock of crack for their trouble.

The trio then returned to JimSA国际影视传媒檚 and a few hours later, Levi Cayen arrived with a three-litre bottle of vodka.

As the crew got drunker and the crack Alex gave them was long gone, the topic of robbing him started to surface.

SA国际影视传媒淚tSA国际影视传媒檚 almost uncontrollable when you have a craving for crack?SA国际影视传媒� Regel asked Sasha, reiterating a description she had provided earlier in the trial.

SA国际影视传媒淧retty much,SA国际影视传媒� she sighed.

RegelSA国际影视传媒檚 cross-examination focused heavily on the text messages on SashaSA国际影视传媒檚 phone. Both parties looked over a thick stack of printouts of text logs.

To start, Sasha confirmed she sent the texts that were found on her phone and to the best of her knowledge, none had been deleted.

The text messages painted a grim portrait of a chaotic night centred on scoring crack; a group of scattered users growing increasingly drunk and desperate, running out of money and suppliers.

SA国际影视传媒淢ake that canSA国际影视传媒� Sasha texted one of her co-accused, referring to a smoking device. SA国际影视传媒淚 need a hoot FFS,SA国际影视传媒� - an acronym meaning SA国际影视传媒楩or f**** sake.SA国际影视传媒�

Texts showed that around 11:30 p.m. Sasha attempted to pick up crack from Alex for a second time.

SA国际影视传媒淚 (have) the cash. Just going to town now. Where do you want to meet?SA国际影视传媒�

Sasha admitted in court she wasnSA国际影视传媒檛 heading into town.

You were getting desperate, no place to go, out of cash, and thatSA国际影视传媒檚 when they enacted SA国际影视传媒渢he plan?SA国际影视传媒� suggested Regel.

SA国际影视传媒淢y plan?SA国际影视传媒� Sasha lunged forward toward the courtroom camera. SA国际影视传媒淗e (Alex) was the one who picked the place SA国际影视传媒� not me!SA国际影视传媒�

SA国际影视传媒淭he plan to jack Alex,SA国际影视传媒� Regel reminded her, was in place.

SA国际影视传媒淚t must have been,SA国际影视传媒� Sasha sighed.

SA国际影视传媒淎s the cravings got stronger, did the idea seem better and better?SA国际影视传媒� Regel queried Sasha.

Again, she couldnSA国际影视传媒檛 say for certain.

Sasha saw Alex three times that night but still, to this day, sheSA国际影视传媒檚 not sure what exactly happened, she said.

The trial of Levi Cayen for the murder of Alex Norwegian is expected to go another four weeks.