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John Boulachanis trial: Girlfriend was a go-between, court told
John Boulachanis’s girlfriend was arrested while police investigated allegations he was orchestrating efforts to intimidate witnesses in a failed attempt to prevent them from testifying in his current...
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Accused 'shocked' when explosive material found in suitcase, trial hears
Antony Piazza says he was more surprised than anyone to learn he had all the materials required to assemble a detonator hidden inside the handle of his carry-on suitcase as he was about to board a...
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Parole denied to mafioso who collected rent from Montreal police
An influential member of the Montreal Mafia who rented office space to the Montreal police for years has been denied parole because he appears to remain loyal to the organized crime group. Vincenzo...
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Man shot in Mascouche was a suspect in fires set in Montreal Italian cafés
The 32-year-old man who was shot in Mascouche on Monday has close ties to Montreal street gang members and was once investigated for allegedly ordering the firebombing of at least two Italian cafés in...
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From 'bar of gold' to fool's gold: a lawyer's downfall
A Montreal defence lawyer who admitted he tried to bribe an RCMP officer on behalf of the Mafia will be in court Wednesday to begin the sentencing stage of his case. Gerardo Nicolo, 48, pleaded guilty...
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Fellow inmate says Boulachanis offered him a bribe to lie at trial
A man who served time with John Boulachanis for several months has testified that he was offered a bribe to tell lies at the accused’s current murder trial. The witness, who cannot be named because of...
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Election night shooting: Bain's parole eligibility to be set Friday
Richard Henry Bain is expected to learn Friday how much time he will have to serve behind bars before he is eligible for parole on his life sentence for murdering a man while attempting to kill members...
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Hells Angels: Report into aborted murder trial delivered to prosecutor
Quebec’s top prosecutor has finally received a report on the internal probe she ordered last year to find out how a failure to turn over evidence to defence lawyers caused a murder trial involving five...
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Man who assaulted girls to be released with strict conditions
A Dollard-des-Ormeaux man convicted of having sexually assaulted young girls at a private daycare will have strict conditions imposed on him when he is released next week from a penitentiary. William...
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Bain will have to serve 20 years before he is eligible for parole
Calling Richard Henry Bain’s actions four years ago an attack on democracy that must be condemned, Superior Court Justice Guy Cournoyer ruled the election-night killer must serve 20 years in prison...
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Big tobacco firms appeal landmark Quebec judgment in class-action suit
The judge who ordered three tobacco companies to pay more than $15 billion in damages to Quebec smokers for damaging their health created his own law in the process, a lawyer for the companies argued...
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Crown erred in handing murder suspect list of witnesses' addresses
The Crown made a mistake five years ago when it turned over a list of its witnesses, along with their home addresses, to John Boulachanis to help him prepare for his current murder trial. The...
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Sponsorship scandal: Jacques Corriveau sentencing arguments begin
Jacques Corriveau should serve time in a federal penitentiary for his leading role in the sponsorship scandal, two prosecutors argued in court on Monday. At the start of sentencing arguments at the...
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Sponsorship scandal: Jacques Corriveau's defence asks for no jail time
Jacques Corriveau’s lawyer borrowed an oft-used phrase from former prime minister Jean Chrétien while asking that his client not serve any time behind bars. “I think that justice in the very best...
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10-year sentence for man who took part in daring jail break with helicopter
One of the men who helped two detainees escape from a detention centre in St-Jérôme after hijacking a helicopter was sentenced Tuesday to a 10-year prison term for his role in the caper. Superior...
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Former Laval mayor Gilles Vaillancourt to plead guilty: reports
Former mayor of Laval Gilles Vaillancourt is, according to reports, expected to plead guilty on Thursday to at least a few of the charges filed against him more than three years ago following a lengthy...
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Six-year sentence suggested after Vaillancourt pleads guilty to fraud
The instincts that kept Gilles Vaillancourt in power in Laval for 23 years never left him, even as he was about to head off to jail. When the former mayor of Laval headed into a courtroom Thursday for...
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Vaudreuil-Dorion shooting victim linked to Rock Machine biker gang
Police on Friday confirmed that one of the two victims of a double homicide carried out in a quiet residential neighbourhood in Vaudreuil-Dorion was a man who had recently been described as a...
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"The real work begins now" for Projet Montréal
Projet Montréal opted for a leader who has experience in taking on political giants as it heads toward a municipal election in less than a year. In a close vote held at the Olympia Theatre on Sunday,...
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SQ looking to question 2 people in connection with Vaudreuil homicides
The Sûreté du Québec is looking to question two people in connection with the double homicide recently carried out in Vaudreuil-Dorion that left a member of the Rock Machine biker gang dead. The man...
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