Martin Tremblay was known to the young girls who partied at his house as their "street dad" or "God," a teenage girl testified Monday.
The Richmond man has pleaded not guilty to two counts of criminal negligence causing death in connection with the drug and alcohol overdose deaths of two teens, Kayla Lalonde and Martha Jackson, following a night of partying.
The witness, who cannot be identified due to a publication ban, said Tremblay was known to her as God and to Lalonde as her street dad.
The teen, who was dating Lalonde at the time of her death in March 2010, said Tremblay would pick up the girls and take them to his Richmond home, where he supplied hard liquor, including vodka and whisky.
Tremblay, a serial sex offender, also gave one of the girls a heart locket and provided food, cigarettes and money, she said.
On the night of Lalonde's death, she said, she communicated a number of times with her friend, who was partying at Tremblay's home.
The last time she spoke to Lalonde that night, she said, her friend was crying and "saying that Martin had given them all a line of MDMA and coke mixed together. They snorted it. She said she was sorry."
The witness said she was told that everyone at the party was drunk and she spoke to Tremblay on the phone.
"He said Kayla was getting sick and she kept puking," she said. "I was asking him if she was getting ready to go home and he said she was passed out and kept puking."
Tremblay told her that at one point he left the home and came back later to find Lalonde passed out, she told B.C. Supreme Court Justice Bruce Butler.
The next day, Tremblay called her and asked to meet her and told her that Kayla Lalonde had left and he didn't know where she was, the witness said.
"He said if anyone asked where we got the (alcohol) to tell them it wasn't from him."
She testified that after leaving Tremblay, she learned that Lalonde and Jackson were dead, and spoke to him by phone later in the day, telling him that the girls were dead.
"He started crying. I said I would be there for him and if he needed anything, I would help..."
The Crown's theory is that Tremblay did little to help the girls and showed a wanton and reckless disregard for their lives.
Prosecutors allege Tremblay took Lalonde in a vehicle and drove her to a location in Burnaby where her body was left on the roadside. She died later. Seven hours later, paramedics arrived at Tremblay's home, but could not revive Jackson.
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