Scott Poirier

The jury heard a taped interview in which the Lewiston man confessed to police that he fatally shot his father as he sat at the head of his dining table during his 65th birthday party.
more stories like thisOn a notepad, Poirier sketched his parents' house in Lewiston and showed how he stood by the pool on Nov. 8, 2006, and aimed his rifle through a window of French doors.
Poirier maintains that Roland Poirier molested him when he was a teenager. The defense is attempting to show that the defendant was not criminally responsible for the shooting by calling into question his state of mind when he pulled the trigger.
The trial resumes Tuesday in Androscoggin County Superior Court.

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