2012 Montreal shooting
2012 Quebec election shooting | |
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Target | Separatists |
Attack type | Shooting, arson |
Weapons |
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Deaths | 1 |
Injured | 1 |
Perpetrator | Richard Henry Bain |
Motive | Opposition to the Quebec sovereignty movement |
On the night of September 4, 2012, the
Details
Bain, wearing a blue bathrobe and black
Marois was whisked away from the stage without harm by her bodyguards, and the suspect was apprehended and arrested, shortly after he had started a fire at the back entrance of the building. While being led to the police vehicle during his arrest, the suspect called out "The English are waking up!" and "It's going to be fucking payback."[14] Although in 2012 it was reported the shooter used a Molotov cocktail,[15] it was later alleged Bain poured gasoline on a door and ignited it with a road flare.[16] Several families living in the area had to be evacuated out of their homes due to the fire, which was quickly doused.[17][18][19] The Sûreté du Québec announced that the shooting would be investigated as a potential attempted assassination on Marois, the then-premier-designate.[20]
Perpetrator
Richard Henry Bain (born September 8, 1950) is an evangelical
Legal proceedings
Bain faced 16 charges, including one first-degree murder and three attempted murders; the remnant charges are related to arson and weapons violations. In several of the multiple court hearings, Bain claimed that Jesus Christ is his lawyer. After losing his legal aid lawyer, he looked for a new lawyer and read up on the criminal code to represent himself. He had a preliminary hearing scheduled on March 12, 2013.[23][24][25]
With Alan Guttman as his new defence lawyer, Bain's trial was delayed to May 2016 while Guttman sought an expert to perform another psychiatric evaluation of Bain. Guttman claimed that Bain was on anti-depressants with side effects on personality and hallucinations.[26]
During the trial, Guttman argued the defendant was
On August 23, 2016, Bain was found guilty of
Official reaction
References
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