When serial killer Bruce MacArthur pressed down his throat, the man suddenly thought, "I have to leave this van --
That's all I think.
"Shocked and confused, his heart beat faster, the man struggling under MacArthur, like the one now --
The convicted murderer fixed him with his weight, one arm pushed his neck hard and steadily, and the other arm pressed down.
After something that feels like eternity, the man is unable to breathe and see the black spots, and he is able to turn over and "push MacArthur away with every ounce of energy.
"I remember breathing the air for the first time," he said . "
In an emotional interview, the man who fled MacArthur's control in June 2016 spoke publicly for the first time, telling the star that he believed he would die on that sunny night, on Bathurst Street, the car roared past.
Pedestrians passing by can't see the dark windows of MacArthur's red Dodge fleet.
The night turned almost a deadly few minutes into coffee and dinner that should have been at Bathurst and Tim Houghton on Finch Avenue. , he said.
The star did not recognize the man because he was a victim of sexual assault and because he was not public about his sexual orientation.
MacArthur was convicted of eight first crimes.
The degree of murder in the death of men between 2010 and 2017 was sentenced to 25 years in prison without parole.
"Someone tried to kill me," he told the 911 dispatcher, whose voice sounded faint in the man's phone recording.
Car camera system for star play.
After the dispatcher asked him to tell her what was going on, he repeated: "Someone just wanted to kill me.
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In the video of the car camera, you can see MacArthur's red truck driving south before switching lanes, once driving away from Bathurst and Fincher's public parking lot.
The man said angrily that, at the urging of the 911 dispatcher, the man briefly tried to chase MacArthur in his own car and then drove to the side of the road.
The man's phone called the ambulance and the police, who said they had received his statement within minutes.
MacArthur went to the police station himself, where he was arrested for the attack, but was released without being charged.
According to an affidavit filed by the police in court, MacArthur told investigators that he met the man and believed that the man "wanted to be treated rudely ".
"Investigation officer, Det. (Paul)
Gauthier said MacArthur was sincere and credible in recalling the incident.
"It is determined that there is no reason to make a charge and MacArthur is released without conditions," the document states . ".
Before his arrest on January 2018, MacArthur killed two more men, Selim Esen and Andrew Kinsman.
Gauthier currently faces two allegations of professional misconduct in connection with the 2016 incident, including his alleged failure to record the man's statement
A written statement was taken word for word
No photos of the victim's injuries were taken within 72 hours.
Through his lawyer and a letter to his colleagues, Gauthier denied any misconduct and said that an appropriate investigation had been conducted.
The man said he was not surprised that the police had not charged the case and said he knew it would always be his commitment to MacArthur.
"How can I prove this? ” he thought.
"I can't prove anything.
"The purpose is to make sure that MacArthur does not contact him anymore.
He remembered telling the police: "Tell Bruce to be a little farther away from me. I’ll kill him.
The man said he met about 2011 of MacArthur on a dating site and the two got together regularly.
MacArthur thought he was "very friendly and helpful.
"On one occasion, the man said, MacArthur took him to the house where he lived --
Sit there and make him dinner and have him put on a fur coat so he can take a picture of him.
The person "thought it was weird" and didn't want to do it but ended up having to do it anyway.
At MacArthur's sentencing hearing, after a court hearing, the police found a photo folder of the man on MacArthur's electronic equipment, some of which showed him wearing a coat.
The court document stated that it was a fur coat that was "the same" as the fur coat that MacArthur had put on them after the death of some victims ".
On the evening of June 20, 2016, the fur coat lay on the floor of the MacArthur van, lying flat in the area where MacArthur removed his seat.
The man said he initially thought MacArthur "didn't want me to get dirty ".
The meeting was held at the insistence of MacArthur.
According to the man, MacArthur did not contact him on his mobile phone, but instead called him on a paid phone.
He sometimes passes by his home without knowing.
Before the events of June, he came to his workplace twice and left a note under the man's windshield.
On the day of the problem, MacArthur had been waiting outside the man's apartment and stopped in the parking lot of his building.
The man said he was "annoyed" but agreed to meet MacArthur in a short time and asked for time to go in and take a shower.
The man said that when the two met at the parking lot of Tim Holden in Bathurst and Finch, MacArthur soon wanted to get on the bus.
The van was parked on the edge of the parking lot, facing the House and directly beside the sidewalk.
The place is "not out of the way, far from it" but the man said the window was dark and hard to see.
"He insisted --
"Hold on," the man said MacArthur wanted to get on the bus.
The men went in and lay down, and MacArthur asked the man to lay his arm behind his back.
Then suddenly MacArthur began to press on the man's neck and was injured while he was in contact with someone.
He was unable to swallow normally a few days later.
The man was confused and looked into his eyes and he soon learned that MacArthur was trying to kill him --
"I thought I was finished," he said . "
"The expression of anger and determination, like he looked at a piece of garbage, like he was trying to kill an animal . . . . . . He has this expression.
I remember looking in his eyes for a few seconds and I thought, "This guy is not joking.
The man said he began to go out of his way and realized that he could feel his eyes "bulging" from his head.
"My right arm was completely trapped under his body.
His leg is on my leg.
I'm a little boy compared to him.
"He nailed me very well," he said . ".
The man's mind was on his mother.
"I don't think she will bury me," he said . ".
Once he was finally able to push himself away from MacArthur, the man said he was still swallowed up by fear, but also angry.
He said he escaped control and was full of desire to try to kill MacArthur, but he came out of the car and said MacArthur was "lucky ".
The man said he then told MacArthur that he would call the police and that MacArthur would be arrested.
Although the man is not sure how long he has been in the van, the time stamp in his car
The car camera showed that he went out in nine minutes and came back.
The man said he had not heard any further information about his report and had not contacted Macarthur again.
Until he was driving on the highway. 401 on Jan. 18, 2018 —
The day MacArthur was arrested
He heard on the radio that a gardener named Bruce was arrested and charged with murder.
He said he was surprised, but no.
He soon realized that the police would contact him.
Within a few days, he was interviewed by investigators.
The man said he often thought of victims who could not escape MacArthur --
"I feel sorry for the others. I really do.
Despite the knowledge that MacArthur was in prison, the man said he was still haunted.
Whenever he thinks of the murderer, his heart beats and he gets scared when he sees the red caravan.
"The next day, I was in my driveway almost every day to see if he was there. Every day.
Even after his arrest
Wendy Gillis is from Toronto.
Journalists reporting crime and security.
Contact her by email at wgillis @ thestar.