Man pled guilty to murdering girlfriend, denies killing her daughter

A Calgary man who pleaded guilty to murdering his girlfriend but denies killing her daughter has told his trial that his efforts to cover up their deaths was ``misdirection.''

Robert Leeming has testified that he killed Jasmine Lovett in 2019 after finding her 22-month daughter already dead -- and outlined efforts to hide the deaths under cross-examination. Leeming says that included dismantling the girl's crib and disposing of her stroller to make it appear the pair had moved out of his home and sending texts to Lovett's phone after her death.

When he described the efforts as misdirection, Crown prosecutor Doug Taylor shot back that he called it lying.