A Montrealer who had been stabbed in an alley in Verdun found the strength to denounce his attacker just before dying, thus making it possible to trace the perpetrator of the crime who was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Friday.
“He dialed 911 from a telephone box to mention having been stabbed in the heart, he gives an address on Lasalle Boulevard and identifies his attacker as “Pat”. He says to send an ambulance”, indicates the summary of the facts made public Friday at the courthouse of Montreal, in the file of Pascal Hally.
Hally, 51, was a crack seller who had a long criminal record, mainly in theft, breach of conditions, and in narcotics cases.
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Pascal Hally, guilty of manslaughter
During the crime committed in February 2021, he was also on probation.
The 38-year-old victim, Faiez Mohamedieh, for his part, was described by his relatives as a person “listening, who constantly wanted to help”.
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Do Mohamedieh, victim
“He had a beautiful benevolent soul”, commented his brother, Friday, describing as “traumatic” the night of the 1er February 2021.
That night, a friend of Mr. Mohamedieh had asked him to go buy some crack. After agreeing, the victim went to a bank on Wellington Street to make an ATM withdrawal.
On leaving, however, his path crossed, by chance, that of Hally. The two men knew each other, since Mr. Mohamedieh had already dated the girlfriend of the crack seller.
“You stole my wife,” the victim would then have said to the accused, who was at the time under the influence of alcohol and drugs.
A small altercation would then have occurred. Except that Hally had a knife on him. He gave Mr. Mohamedieh a single blow to the chest, but it proved fatal.
“The accused, not knowing the seriousness of the injury he had just inflicted, decided to turn back”, indicates the summary of the facts.
crucial call
Bloodied, the victim nevertheless found the strength to call 911 to denounce his assailant, even giving his address. During his transport to the hospital, he repeated the same information.
“The death of the victim was declared [peu après]“, recounted M.e Claude Berlinguette of the Crown.
However, it is thanks to this call that Hally could be arrested six weeks later. Because despite a careful analysis of the crime scene, the police had found few clues.
“There were no witnesses, and the investigation could not determine what had happened,” the prosecution said on Friday, while Hally pleaded guilty to manslaughter.
The accused had originally been charged with murder, but due to “pitfalls in the evidence”, the parties agreed that he would plead guilty to a reduced charge. In tears, Hally also wanted to apologize for his gesture.
“I’m so sorry,” he said, suppressing his sobs. It happened so fast, I didn’t want to… I had known him for 10-15 years, we were already close, we already had a beer together… Every time I get up, I think about what arrived…”
Family destroyed
But despite these apologies, which Judge James Brunton described as “sincere”, the family of the deceased is still struggling to recover.
“It’s been almost 25 months … it was villainous and odious, testified the mother of the victim. There is nothing more painful and unbearable for a mother than losing her child. I am sure that divine justice will be done one day.”
Mr. Mohamedieh’s sister for her part recalled that by killing her brother, Hally had “destroyed a family for life”.
“My brother will always live deep in our hearts,” said the victim’s brother, however.
“The court hopes that the end of the legal process can offer them some relief,” said the magistrate.
Given the preventive detention, Hally has about 6 and a half years left to serve. He was represented by Mr.e Annie Laviolette-Boisvert.