The Crown got their chance on Thursday to deliver their closing remarks, as a first-degree murder trial in Barrie wraps up.
The Crown argues Victoria Doyle was savagely murdered by her boyfriend Paul Faria, who was controlling, jealous and possessive towards the end of their relationship.
The jury heard Doyle had planned to break up with Faria and had told him she wanted space, but Faria continued to text Doyle in the days leading up to her death.
"He told her if he couldn't have her no one else will," Crown Attorney Ray Williams said. "This is first-degree murder and we ask you to find him guilty."
Doyle was found dead by her son at her Collingwood house on New Year’s Day back in 2013. She suffered several fractured ribs, a broken jaw and a ruptured liver.
The Crown alleges that Faria followed Doyle home from a New Year’s Eve party and killed her by strangling and stomping her.
"This was a murder and a savage beating from someone, who just didn't want her dead, but wanted her destroyed."
A crack pipe, lighter and bottle of wine was found next to Doyle's body, items the Crown argues Faria placed after he killed her to misdirect police.
"It was a plan to take the heat off the person responsible."
The Crown also argued Faria made 11 phone calls to Doyle's land line and cell phone in the early morning hours after he killed her to divert suspicion.
Faria admitted to investigators he followed Doyle home, but denied killing her.
The defence has argued there is no forensic evidence to connect Faria to the murder and suggests that maybe a random intruder killed Doyle.
The judge will charge the jury on Friday and then they will deliberate until a verdict is reached.
