FOG BLOG SAINT JOHN LOG: KARRSON BENNETT PLEADS GUILTY WILL BE SENTENCED SOON IN TODDLER'S DEATH!

'I cannot fight the concocted lies,' Karrson Bennett's lawyer tells Saint John court Crown spends hours outlining the different versions of events told by accused Karrson Bennett admits intentionally putting a Ping-Pong ball into a two-year-old's mouth and killing him with it.

But at some point, Bennett, 24, changed his mind about wanting to kill the boy and tried to get the ball out of his mouth, inadvertently pushing it into the boy's throat, said defence lawyer David Lutz.

The Crown, however, doesn't buy it.

On Tuesday, two prosecutors spent hours outlining the inconsistent statements Bennett gave to police in the hours and days following the Sept. 18, 2021, incident.

You go back to the boy who cried wolf. He's told so many lies.- Defence lawyer David Lutz

Prosecutor Chris Ryan called it a "classic case of concocted lies." He said they were detailed, repeated and precise.

Prosecutor Elaina Campbell said Bennett "lacks credibility" and that any statements he's made about trying to get the ball out of the boy's mouth "are not credible."

She reminded that court that an expert witness testified last week that several statements Bennett gave police about what happened were physically impossible, like the boy being able to close his mouth with the ball in it, or being able to inhale the ball accidentally.

Bennett pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the case last month, on what was supposed to be the first day of a five-week jury trial. Instead, the case turned into a sentencing hearing, which included a hearing-within-a-hearing to settle a dispute between the two sides: whether Bennett intentionally pushed the ball into the boy's throat.