Victim impact statements are expected to continue today at the sentencing hearing for convicted murderer Nathaniel Veltman.
The 23-year-old was found guilty in November of four counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder for intentionally hitting the Afzaal family with his truck while they were out for a walk in London, Ontario on June 6th, 2021.
It was the first time Canada's terrorism laws were put before a jury in a first-degree murder trial.
A relative of the Afzaal family told the court Thursday that she remembers picking up clothes from her grand-niece's bedroom floor the day after the murders and ``desperately seeking solace'' in her scent one last time.
Veltman has said he targeted the Afzaals because they were wearing traditional Muslim clothing.
The attack triggered national calls to fight Islamophobia.
Veltman's trial was heard in Windsor, Ontario, but the sentencing proceedings are happening in London.