The 25-year-old man injured during the general brawl which left one dead on Friday night in a strip bar in Terrebonne, was accused of unpremeditated murder Monday morning.
Sébastien Leduc officially appeared in the morning at the Laval courthouse. He faces a second-degree murder charge.
Leduc was arrested on Sunday noon by the police and was then questioned by investigators of crimes against the person from the Sûreté du Québec.
The extremely violent crime was committed around 2:30 a.m. Friday night at the O’Gascon Gentleman Club strip bar.
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For a reason still unknown, a general fight broke out inside the establishment: stools, chairs and bottles of alcohol were thrown in all directions.
Several patrons of the bar left the premises in panic.
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During the confrontation, a 32-year-old man, Jessy Furtado-Bénard, was killed. He was allegedly attacked with a broken bottle of alcohol. He was pronounced dead inside the bar.
Jessy Furtado-Bénard, victim
Photo taken from Facebook Jessy Furt
As for Sébastien Leduc, accused of having caused the death of Furtado-Bénard, he was located by the police outside the establishment, injured in the head and covered in blood.
Photo Agence QMI, Pascal Girard
In the hours following the murder, Leduc was initially considered a victim and not a suspect. However, things changed during the investigation.
In a video filmed by a witness and obtained by the QMI Agency, we can see the interactions between Leduc and the police officers dispatched to the scene to help him.
“Let me handle the situation! Let me handle the situation,” says Leduc to a police officer who tries to reason with him.
“I attack everyone with my fists! I am a warrior! I’m a real white guy!” he then screams, before uttering growls of rage.
Visibly intoxicated, Leduc was finally taken to hospital to treat significant injuries.
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The man killed during the general brawl was well known in police circles. He had a long criminal history, including domestic violence, gun possession, assault and drug trafficking.
Furtado-Bénard would be considered by the police to be close to the boss Jean-Philippe Célestin, whose young brother was murdered in Montreal in mid-February and whose mother’s residence was targeted by gunfire on the weekend -last end.
Leduc, for his part, has a criminal record of aggravated assault, carrying a weapon and armed assault.
His case is due back in court at the end of April.