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NewsAlert:Richard Henry Bain found guilty of 2nd-degree murder

MONTREAL – A jury has convicted Quebec’s 2012 election-night shooter of second-degree murder in the death of a lighting technician.

The jurors also convicted Richard Henry Bain of three counts of attempted murder.

The verdict comes on the 11th day of jury deliberations.

Bain was facing a charge of first-degree murder in the death of Denis Blanchette outside a nightclub as then-Parti Quebecois leader Pauline Marois was inside celebrating her party’s election win on Sept. 4, 2012.

Bain’s lawyer argued he was mentally ill at the time of slaying and should be found not criminally responsible by way of mental illness.

The Crown had countered the crimes were planned and deliberate and politically motivated by anger over the PQ victory.

More coming.

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