Crown continues closing arguments as sex assault trial of ex-Hockey Canada players expected to wrap today

Some info before court starts

Good morning. I’m the reporter based in London, Ont., who has been writing many of the live updates on this page.

Proceedings start an hour early, at around 9 a.m. ET, in the hopes that everything except the judge’s decision (scheduled for July 24) will be finished today.

The courthouse doors don’t open until 8:30 a.m., but lawyers for Mike McLeod and Dillon Dubé, as well as Dubé himself, arrived at 8:20 a.m. and had to wait for security to unlock the doors. My colleague, Meagan Fitzpatrick, was already here and waiting in line.

Cal Foote is calling in remotely today, as OK’d by the judge, because he’s attending a family wedding this weekend and was travelling. His lawyer says he’ll be in a room alone, without his cellphone.

The accused men have mostly worn dark suits throughout the trial. Today, McLeod is in a dark blue suit, Hart is in burgundy (with a blue dress shirt and bright tie), Formenton’s suit is forest green (with a white shirt) and Dubé is in a navy suit.