Marc-André Grenon
Guylaine Potvin, a 19-year-old student from Jonquière, in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, was sexually assaulted and then murdered in her apartment in April 2000. A murder that remained unsolved for two decades. The trial of Marc-André Grenon, accused of first degree murder, is scheduled to begin before a jury in mid-January. A highly anticipated trial which will help lift the veil on the new investigation techniques used by the police.
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Marc-André Grenon
Denis Leblanc
The double murder of sisters Diane Leblanc and Sylvie Leblanc in October 2020 was virtually forgotten during the pandemic. This bloody family affair will, however, return to the news in January with the opening of the jury trial of Denis Leblanc, accused of having murdered his two sisters. He is also accused of three attempted murders during an exchange of gunfire with police in the streets of Montreal.
Pierre Ny St-Amand
The case has had a profound impact on Quebec in 2023. The bus driver accused of killing two toddlers and injuring several children by crashing into a Laval daycare will have his preliminary investigation next March at the Laval courthouse . Ten witnesses will be heard. For the first time, we will be able to learn more about the circumstances of the attack and the mental state of the accused at the time of the events.
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Pierre Ny St-Amand was arrested after his bus hit the facade of a daycare in Laval on February 8, 2023.
François Pelletier
The murder of Romane Bonnier sparked public outrage in October 2021. The 24-year-old woman was stabbed to death in the street in the Plateau-Mont-Royal borough in Montreal. Witnesses witnessed the bloody scene. François Pelletier is charged with first degree murder. His jury trial is scheduled to begin next April at the Montreal courthouse.
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March in tribute to Romane Bonnier, in October 2021
Peter Nygard
The trial of fashion mogul Peter Nygard next June at the Montreal courthouse should have a national impact. The 82-year-old fallen billionaire is accused of sexually assaulting a woman between 1997 and 1998 in Montreal. Very little is known about the facts alleged in this case. At the end of a highly publicized trial, Peter Nygard was found guilty last fall in Toronto of having sexually assaulted several women.
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Fashion mogul Peter Nygard arriving at the Toronto courthouse in October 2023
Robert Luu, Daniel Lacasse and Charles-Xavier Boislard
Three basketball coaches from Saint-Laurent school in Montreal must be tried in the summer and fall of 2024 for sex crimes committed against minors. The three men will have separate trials. The affair caused a stir in 2022. The Press had revealed a “super harmful” climate within the women’s basketball program at this high school.
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Robert Luu during his preliminary investigation, at the Montreal courthouse, in 2023
Ali Ngarukiye
After a three-month trial in 2023 for attempted murder of a police officer, where a jury found him guilty, Ali Ngarukiye will likely have his trial for the murder of a fellow inmate in 2024. The young man is accused of murder André Lapierre in a prison cell. Ali Ngarukiye’s mental health could be at the heart of the trial.
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Ali Ngarukiye
Brothers Rayan* and Karim*
The two brothers from west Montreal accused of having kidnapped their 16-year-old sister in 2021 in the context of an AMBER alert will finally be judged in May 2024. The two men accused their sister of wearing tight clothes and vaping. They are nicknamed Rayan and Karim to protect the identity of their minor sister. The evidence, however, promises to be delicate for the Crown, since the young complainant is now coming to the defense of her brothers.
* Fictitious first names to protect the identity of the victim