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    RCMP Officers murdered in Moncton, New Brunswick


    From left, Cst. Douglas James Larche, 40, from Saint John, N.B., Cst. Dave Joseph Ross, 32, from Victiriaville, Que., and Cst. Fabrice Georges Gevaudan, 45, from Boulogne-Billancourt, France were killed in Moncton, N.B. on June 4, 2014. Justin Bourque, 24, (not pictured) has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder in connection with the fatal shootings that also left two others injured.


    The caskets of Const. Dave Joseph Ross, 32, from Victoriaville, Que., left to right, Const. Douglas James
    Larche, 40, from Saint John, N.B. and Const. Fabrice Georges Gevaudan, 45, from Boulogne-Billancourt,
    France, sit in Wesleyan Celebration Centre during a public visitation in Moncton, N.B. on Monday, June 9, 2014.
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    Justin Bourque pleads guilty to murder in Moncton RCMP shootings


    Justin Bourque


    Justin Bourque admitted to murdering three RCMP officers and wounding two others Friday, a little more than two months after the shooting rampage that left New Brunswick’s second largest city in a state of siege.

    Bourque pleaded guilty in the Court of Queen’s Bench in Moncton to three charges of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder, telling Justice David Smith in a calm voice “I plead guilty” or replying “guilty” as he was asked for his plea on each charge.

    Smith told the court the Crown has given notice it will seek three consecutive life sentences on the first-degree murder charges, which means Bourque, 24, would not be eligible for parole for 75 years.

    He returns to court Oct. 27 when victim impact statements and pre-sentencing documents will be filed.

    Bourque, wearing a plain grey T-shirt, sat emotionless during the proceedings, occasionally looking over toward the gallery. His eyes were barely visible through his shaggy brown hair.

    “By pleading guilty you’re admitting all the facts and essential elements of the offence,” Smith told the packed court. “There will be no trial.”

    Smith then asked if Bourque understood this, to which he replied, “Yes.”

    Bourque was recently found competent and mentally fit to stand trial after undergoing a psychiatric assessment. Details of that assessment have been sealed by the court.

    Members of Bourque’s family refused to comment as they left the court as did Supt. Marlene Snowman, the top officer for the RCMP at the Moncton detachment.

    The Crown wouldn’t comment and defence lawyer David Lutz wasn’t available after the hearing.

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    Justin Bourque could get consecutive life terms for Mountie killings

    Moncton RCMP killer could get 75 years as 2011 law allows consecutive terms for multiple killings

    When the sentencing process for Moncton, N.B., RCMP killer Justin Christien Bourque unfolds starting Monday, the legal community will be watching to see how new legislation applies to the case.

    Bourque pleaded guilty to three charges of first-degree murder and two charges of attempted murder after shooting five RCMP officers on June 4 as he wandered through a Moncton neighbourhood in the early evening, dressed in camouflage and carrying a high-powered weapon.

    Up until 2011, the maximum sentence a multiple killer could be given in Canada was life in prison with no parole eligibility for 25 years.

    However, in 2011 the federal government passed the Protecting Canadians by Ending Sentence Discounts for Multiple Murderers Act. It allows judges to sentence offenders consecutively when convicted of more than one murder.

    ​"It's kind of a clumsy title, but what it has done is said that in circumstances where a person is convicted of more than one murder the judge may determine to sentence the person consecutive," said Archibald Kaiser, who teaches at Dalhousie University's Schulich School of Law in Halifax.

    "The Criminal Code now contains that option for the judge and it's very unusual that this legislation departed from the normal prior presumption, that it just meant life imprisonment and then there was the option of parole being considered after 25 years," said Kaiser.

    ​A two-day sentencing hearing for Bourque is scheduled to begin Monday in Moncton. At that time, the court will receive victim impact statements and information about Bourque to take into account for sentencing.

    When Bourque pleaded guilty to the five charges in August, the Crown gave notice it will seek three consecutive life sentences on the first-degree murder charges.

    Kaiser said the judge will have to carefully weigh all of the information from the sentencing hearing.

    "This crime is so severe that he will no doubt have to emphasize denunciation and deterrence and separation of the offender and examine the gravity of the offence and the degree of responsibility of the offender to make sure it's a proportionate sentence," said Kaiser.

    "It can't be a vengeful sentence," he said. "When the public is understandably very agitated, a judge cannot be. A judge has to avoid vengeance."

    Janet Austin, the associate dean of law at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, said the 2011 legislation has not been tested, so it's possible whatever sentence is given could be appealed by the Crown or by Bourque.

    "[The judge]does have to provide his reasons in writing for a decision to impose multiple life sentences or not," said Austin.
    "That's in the legislation. He has to make his reasons known."

    Because Parliament changed the law to give judges the ability to impose consecutive life sentences, Austin said, "I think it would be difficult in these circumstances for a judge to ignore that law and just impose 25 years [in the Bourque sentencing]."

    The first case in which the 2011 law was used in sentencing was in 2013, when Travis Baumgartner received a 40-year sentence for killing three of his security company co-workers during a robbery.

    Bourque was 24 at the time of the killings. If given three consecutive life sentences, he would be 99 years of age before becoming eligible for parole.

    ​Bourque is represented by attorney David Lutz.

    Chief Justice David Smith of the Court of Queen's Bench is scheduled to preside over the sentencing of Bourque.

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    Ottawa shooter’s attack driven by ideological, political motives: RCMP

    The killing of a Canadian soldier in Ottawa and subsequent gunfight on Parliament Hill was driven by “ideological and political motives,” RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson said Sunday.

    A statement from Paulson said the man responsible — Michael Zehaf Bibeau — made a video recording of himself just prior to last Wednesday’s attack.

    “The RCMP has identified persuasive evidence that Michael Zehaf Bibeau’s attack was driven by ideological and political motives,” Paulson’s statement said. “The RCMP is conducting a detailed analysis of the video for evidence and intelligence.”

    The statement, released during the Sunday dinner hour, said the video could not be immediately made public.

    In their statement, the RCMP said they are still looking into the origins of the “old and uncommon” gun Zehaf Bibeau used, but believe he obtained a knife from his aunt’s property near Mont-Tremblant, Que., where he had buried it previously.

    The RCMP say they have traced Zehaf Bibeau’s savings to money he had earned while working in Alberta’s oil patch.

    And they say they are still investigating contact Zehaf Bibeau had with other individuals in the days before the attack, to determine whether he had any help.

    Zehaf Bibeau gunned down Cpl. Nathan Cirillo as he stood guard at the National War Memorial.

    He then went to the Parliament Buildings where he died in a hail of bullets after a gunfight with RCMP and House of Commons security.

    Paulson’s statement was issued hours after a published report in which Zehaf Bibeau’s mother said her son acted in despair and expressed doubt he was radicalized.

    In a letter published by Postmedia News, Susan Bibeau painted a picture of her son as an “unhappy person at odds with the world” and mentally unbalanced in his final days.

    Bibeau writes Michael told her he wanted to go to Saudi Arabia where he could study the Qu’ran and thought he would be happier in an Islamic country.

    Bibeau says Michael was angered that federal officials had not granted him a passport and felt trapped.

    “He felt cornered, unable to stay in the life he was in, unable to move on to the next one he wanted to go to,” writes Bibeau in the letter to Postmedia, adding she may never understand what drove her son to commit such acts.

    She also disputes a suggestion from the RCMP last week that Zehaf Bibeau wanted a passport so he could go fight in Syria’s civil war.

    Bibeau writes she doesn’t believe Michael was part of an organization or acted “on behalf of some grand ideology or for a political motive.”

    She said she believes “he acted in despair.”

    Last week Prime Minister Stephen Harper referred to Zehaf Bibeau’s actions were a terrorist attack and his office didn’t change its tune Sunday.

    “This was a terrorist attack. He attacked two Canadian institutions – the soldiers standing guard at the War Memorial, and Parliament – had espoused extremist ideology, was, as the police have indicated, radicalized,” said Jason MacDonald, a spokesman for Harper told The Canadian Press in an email.

    Paulson says the RCMP have also asked an outside police force to review the Mounties’ handling of the gunfight in the halls of Parliament.

    “Consistent with the principles of independent investigation where police shootings or use of force result in serious injury or death, the RCMP has asked the Ontario Provincial Police to take complete conduct of the investigation of the shooting of Zehaf Bibeau inside Parliament.”

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    Mountie killer Justin Bourque sentenced to 75 years before parole eligibility

    MONCTON, N.B. -- Justin Bourque has been sentenced to serve 75 years in prison before he will be eligible to apply for parole for the June 4 shooting rampage that killed three RCMP officers and wounded two others in Moncton.

    Judge David Smith of the Court of Queen's Bench in New Brunswick delivered his precedent-setting ruling Friday after a sentencing hearing earlier this week during which Bourque apologized to the families of the Mounties he shot.

    "This has been difficult for everyone," Smith said, describing the shootings as "one of the most horrific crime sprees to happen in Canada."

    Bourque's sentence is the harshest in Canada since the last executions in 1962.

    He pleaded guilty in August to three counts of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder.

    Bourque, 24, faced a mandatory life sentence, so the only issue for Smith to decide was when he could apply for parole.

    The Crown sought the maximum sentence of 75 years under a section of the Criminal Code that was amended in 2011.

    The defence argued for parole eligibility to be set at 50 years.

    At his sentencing hearing, a videotaped statement Bourque gave to police after his arrest was entered as evidence. In it, Bourque explains that he wanted to encourage people to rise up against the "soldiers" that defend federal institutions and protect the rich from the poor.

    He muses about his strict Catholic upbringing, climate change, evolution, social engineering, class warfare, tyrants, something called the "black curtain" and threats posed by the Russians and the Chinese.

    "I know this is going to sound pretty messed up, but I felt pretty accomplished," he told police.

    An agreed statement of facts previously filed with the court says Bourque's actions were both "planned and deliberate" when he used a Poly Technologies M305, 308-calibre semi-automatic rifle to kill constables Dave Ross, 32, Fabrice Gevaudan, 45, and

    Douglas Larche, 40. Constables Eric Dubois and Darlene Goguen were also injured in the shootings.

    A 28-hour manhunt for Bourque left much of Moncton paralyzed until his arrest just after midnight on June 6.

    The amended Criminal Code provision that factored into Bourque's sentencing has been used only once before. In September 2013, a judge in Edmonton sentenced an armoured-car guard to life in prison with no chance at parole for 40 years for gunning down four of his colleagues during a robbery in June 2012.

    Travis Baumgartner had pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree murder, two counts of second-degree murder and a charge of attempted murder.

    Statement by Assistant Commissioner Roger Brown follows:

    I’m Assistant Commissioner Roger Brown, the Commanding Officer of the RCMP in New Brunswick. June 4 of this year is a day that will forever be remembered for the heartbreaking loss of three of our members - Constables Doug Larche, Dave Ross and Fabrice Gevaudan. We can never lose sight of the fact that while they were excellent police officers committed to keeping their community safe, they were also exemplary husbands, fathers, sons and brothers. The investigation resulted in one man being guilty of these murders and also the attempted murders of Cst. Eric Dubois and Cst. Darlene Goguen. That individual has now been sentenced for his crimes.

    I’ve been asked by reporters for my reaction to that. What can one say? I am glad that the accused accepted responsibility for his horrific actions and pleaded guilty, sparing the family a long emotional trial. But like any crime, you can’t undo the damage inflicted on the victims and in this case, there are many. My heart still goes out to their families, to all who worked alongside them, to the community, and to everyone who has been affected.

    While Doug, Dave and Fabrice’s absence will continue to be felt by all of us, we will move on. Months later, the support from the community is strong as citizens stand by us to keep Greater Moncton safe. I can’t think of a greater legacy to honour their memory than seeing that wonderful partnership between you and us continue.

    Keeping our communities safe is a collective effort. On behalf of all of us in the RCMP, thank you for all you have done and continue to do to support us.

    Victim impact statement from widow Nadine Larche:

    Victim Impact Statement


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    Just a message for President Obama, the Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper is in attendance at the funeral today.

    Const. David Matthew Wynn "
    RIP"


    Wynn, died on January 17, 2015, of a gunshot to the head, he was confronting a suspected truck thief, who unexpectedly pulled a gun, RCMP say.




    "I realize this may sound harsh, but as a father and former lawman, I really don't care if it's by lethal injection, by the electric chair, firing squad, hanging, the guillotine or being fed to the lions."
    - Oklahoma Rep. Mike Christian

    "There are some people who just do not deserve to live,"
    - Rev. Richard Hawke

    “There are lots of extremely smug and self-satisfied people in what would be deemed lower down in society, who also deserve to be pulled up. In a proper free society, you should be allowed to make jokes about absolutely anything.”
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    Re: 3 RCMP Officers murdered in Moncton, NB Canada..killer gets life 75 years

    This post comes close to home as I live only a few blocks from where these three police offers were gunned down by Justin Bourque. We were on lock down and the community was terrified. Bourque went on a "sniping" rampage and ambushed the police officers who had no chance even to return fire. He used an "assault" type rifle in .308 caliber and hid in woods and behind houses and then shot these officers. He also shot two others, one female who survived.

    Something that needs to be understood about the laws in Canada is that even though, if by some stroke of fate, Bourque (who is now 24) should live to be 99 when his 75 years before parole consideration is up, the "parole" is not automatic. If he is considered a danger to society by the National Parole Board he will continue to serve time. In Canada a life -25 sentence for instance is a life (as in rest of your life) sentence. We do not let dangerous offenders like Bourque back out. In terms of incarceration most of these guys do their time in segregation and so for all intents and purpose they have in Bourque's case forever to live in a small cell 23 hours a day. Also if an inmate is released after 25 years he stays on parole forever. If he "sneezes" the wrong way he will be tossed back in jail to serve the rest of the life sentence. The interesting statistic, is that lifers rarely re-offend. Very rarely..

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