Closing arguments are expected next week in Calgary double homicide

Closing arguments are expected next week in the trial of a man who has admitted to the murder of his girlfriend, but denies he also killed her 22-month-old daughter.

Robert Leeming has pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder of Jasmine Lovett and not guilty to second-degree murder in the death of Aliyah (uh-LEE'-uh) Sanderson.

The mother and child were reported missing in April 2019 and, a few weeks later, their bodies were found in a shallow grave in a recreational area west of Calgary.

Leeming, who is 36, testified that Aliyah accidentally died after falling down some stairs and that he killed Lovett when she accused him of harming the girl.