Bacon brothers' defence rebutted by Crown

The Crown has delivered its final arguments at the six-month trial of Abbotsford, B.C., brothers Jamie and Jarrod Bacon, who face 10 gun-related charges after a cache of weapons was found by police.

The guns were located in a hidden compartment in a car parked in the garage of the Bacon family home in Abbotsford, which was searched in 2007.

Crown prosecutor Teresa Mitchell-Banks rejected the defence's theory that the guns belonged to Bacon brothers' associate Dennis Karbovanec, now in prison serving a sentence for murder.

After Karbovanec was incarcerated, the SUV was used by brothers Jamie and Jarrod Bacon, Mitchell-Banks said.

She told the court there was no evidence linking Karbovanec to the weapons, but that DNA and fingerprints did link the two brothers both to the secret compartment in the car and to the weapons.

The defence had argued that sneezing or contact with clothing could have transferred the DNA onto the guns and compartment.

Mitchell-Banks told the judge — who is hearing the case without a jury — that the defence assertion did not meet the test of common sense.

Defence lawyers are scheduled to respond to the Crown's arguments April 29.