Tony Marault Gets His Charges Dropped For Killing Hell's Angel
Greg P Carr
Paul Cherry
CanWest News Service
Thursday, April 05, 2007
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=5a5e764e-1551-4fa0-b9e9-9b8cea079349
has a pic.
CREDIT: Marcos Townsend, CanWest News Service
Tony Marault, once a prospect member of the Bandidos biker gang,
leaves court Wednesday after murder charges were dropped against him.
MONTREAL -- It's not every day a person accused of killing a Hells
Angel shows up in court with his parents at his side.
But then again, it's not every day that a first-degree murder charge
is essentially dropped by the provincial justice minister because of
an unreliable witness.
Tony Marault, 32, formerly a prospect member of the Bandidos biker
gang, would only say he was "very happy" to see a stay of proceedings
placed on a first-degree murder charge at the Laval, Que. courthouse
Wednesday morning.
Marault was accused of helping to carry out the April 2000 murder of
Normand (Biff) Hamel, a member of the Hells Angels elite Nomads
chapter.
While Crown prosecutor Chantal Michaud would not discuss why the
justice minister dropped the case against Marault, sources close to
the investigation have told CanWest News Service the main witness
against Marault, an informant named Christian Dumont-Lambert, was not
someone who could testify before a jury.
Defence lawyer Patrick Davis confirmed part of the reason behind the
stay of proceedings involves the informant's credibility.
In 2005, Dumont-Lambert confessed to having a role in the deaths of
three men who were killed within a five-month period. He is currently
serving a life sentence but is eligible for parole in 10 years because
he turned informant.
According to National Parole Board records released between 1998 and
2005, Dumont-Lambert had a serious problem with drug addiction and
with controlling his emotions.
In December, a jury convicted Tony Duguay, a member of the Bandidos,
of first-degree murder in Hamel's death.
The Crown originally planned to try Duguay and Marault together but
Davis successfully argued they should be tried separately.
Dumont-Lambert did not testify during the Duguay trial.
© The Vancouver Sun 2007
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Congrats to Mr.Marault. Many ppl died trying to avenge the murder of
Biff Hamel. Too bad the Bandido's didn't wipe out the whole chapter.