Supreme Court declines to hear appeal of man convicted in hunters’ deaths in Alberta

Canada’s apical tribunal has declined to perceive the entreaty of 1 of 2 men recovered blameworthy successful the fatal shooting of 2 Métis hunters successful eastbound Alberta.

As is usual, the Supreme Court did not springiness reasons for its dismissal Thursday of Anthony Bilodeau’s permission to appeal.

A proceedings heard that successful March 2020, Bilodeau and his begetter had been acrophobic astir a motortruck parked astatine the extremity of their agrarian property, truthful they chased down the conveyance and determination was a confrontation.

Bilodeau was convicted of second-degree execution successful the decease of Maurice Cardinal and of manslaughter successful the decease of Cardinal’s nephew Jacob Sansom.

Sansom, 39, and Cardinal, 57, had been moose hunting earlier they were changeable and near connected the broadside of the roadworthy adjacent Glendon, Alta., a agrarian assemblage astir 200 kilometres northeast of Edmonton.

Anthony Bilodeau, who fired the gun, was sentenced to beingness successful situation with nary accidental of parole for 13 years.

His father, Roger Bilodeau, was convicted of manslaughter successful the 2 killings and handed a 10-year sentence.

Lawyers for the 2 men argued astatine proceedings that the shooting was successful self-defence.

The Crown had said that the begetter and lad took the instrumentality into their ain hands erstwhile they chased down Sansom and Cardinal due to the fact that they believed the hunters were attempting to bargain from their household farm.

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The elder Bilodeau was released connected time parole successful May. Last month, the Parole Board of Canada decided to widen that merchandise for 3 months, determining the 61-year-old a debased hazard to reoffend.

“Your transgression actions were motivated by a analyzable interplay of idiosyncratic beliefs, misinterpretations, and deep-seated frustrations,” the committee wrote successful its Oct. 28 decision.

“Growing up successful a crime-free situation and surviving a law-abiding life, you harboured a beardown consciousness of work towards household and property. On the time of the offence, your judgement was clouded by choler and mistrust, starring you to prosecute and face individuals you wrongly suspected of transgression intent.”

The committee said Roger Bilodeau has taken portion successful faith-based activities portion down bars and has been moving and getting counselling portion successful the community.

The committee ordered a sheet proceeding connected afloat parole.

It imposed 3 conditions connected Roger Bilodeau’s time parole: that helium person nary interaction with the victims’ family, that helium proceed to spot a therapist and that helium travel a curfew “due to immoderate of the assemblage dynamics that stay contiguous successful your case.”