The woman who was killed in a jewelry in Saint-Hyacinthe has never seen the stab wounds coming to her death, we learned on the first day of the trial of a man accused in connection with this drama.
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Manon Savoie had gone to the Saint-Hyacinthe galleries on August 11, 2021. She was in a jewelry when behind her, an armed man emerged.
The individual had just shattered the window of another business to grasp two knives.
Then he would have seen Manon Savoie, who is back to him.
“Without warning, he attacks her,” said Claudie Gilbert, a prosecutor of the crown.
Manon Savoie
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She was addressed to the jury responsible for judging Marc-André Houle, as part of his declaration of opening.
Sensitive images
The 47-year-old man is currently under trial at the Saint-Hyacinthe courthouse for premeditated murder, attempted murder, assault armed and flight.
It should be noted: the murder of the 54 -year -old victim was filmed. And even if the images can be sensitive, the entire assault that led to his death will be viewed in the courtroom, warned Me Gilbert.
Admittedly, the images are disturbing, but according to the public prosecutor, they are essential to prove crimes, and also to properly grasp the chronology of events.
Several customers and employees of the shopping center, present at the time of the drama, will also come to testify.
Same thing for experts, including a police officer responsible for the three crime scenes.
Marc-André Houle
Courtesy photo
First that in jewelry, but also a scene outside, where an 86 -year -old lady was beaten when leaving the bus.
This assault would have occurred just before Marc-André Houle enters the purchasing center.
Then, after the murder, the man would have fled by seizing a truck of moving nearby.
Long prosecution
A long police pursuit, for several kilometers, followed.
A dozen patrol vehicles had been involved, said Gilbert.
The jury also learned that the morning of events, the accused should not go to the purchasing center, but rather to a screening center to pass a COVVI-19 screening test. Earlier, he had tried to join the inter-award center, a social reintegration center where he used to stay. But he was asked to provide a negative test.
Houle would have left the center a little before 10 a.m., to get to its bus appointment.
But rather than going down to stopping the screening center, he would have continued his way until the last stop of the bus, near the purchasing center.
Marc-André Houle has attended the trial from the accused box. The one who decided to represent himself alone fixes the ground most of the time, reacts little.
The trial continues Tuesday before judge Hélène Di Salvo.
