The grandson of Charles Marion, Alexandre Marion, asked Friday evening for a public apology from the Sûreté du Québec, otherwise the family wishes to go to court.
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Mr. Marion, guest of Stéphan Bureau on the program “Le monde à l’envers”, briefly returned to the longest kidnapping in the history of Canada, during which his grandfather, Charles Marion, had was held hostage for 82 days in 1977. He finally committed suicide in 1999, when he and his family were accused of being behind the kidnapping for ransom.
Alexandre Marion finally revealed on Friday evening that, through an access to information request, the family had obtained proof that the Sûreté du Québec (SQ) knew that Charles and his family were innocent, but had continued to fuel the contrary thesis.
They are therefore asking for a posthumous public apology from the police force, otherwise they say they are ready to go to court.
The document in question would prove on the one hand that when the father, Pierre Marion, had been subjected to a lie detector, the latter had revealed that the family was innocent, but the public declaration of the SQ would have said the opposite to this moment.
The family would also have obtained, through a letter, the information according to which the SQ would have asked Pierre to meet him to confess to him that they knew he and his father Charles were innocent in the case, but had demanded a confidentiality agreement in exchange.
“It’s not the fault of the public, not the fault of the media who rely on the police, it’s the fault of the police,” assured Mr. Marion.
The grandson therefore accuses the SQ of lies, assuming that they would have done so because of the absence of other suspects to accuse in this case.
“We don’t want to take them to court, but we will go there if necessary,” he added, saying he was not worried about his statements and the possible consequences that could follow.