Two more teens charged in death of senior in Regina
By Barb Pacholik, Leader-PostDecember 15, 2008
REGINA -- Two more teens charged with murdering a Regina senior made their first appearance in Youth Court on Monday, while the prosecution indicated it will be seeking an adult sentence for a third youth if he’s convicted.
Two males, aged 15 and 16, appeared briefly before Judge Leslie Halliday, who formally read them the charge they face: Second-degree murder in the death of Joseph Victor Perrault.
Halliday remanded them in custody while they arrange to speak to a Legal Aid lawyer. They are to return to court Tuesday morning.
The two were arrested separately, without incident, Friday evening, according to Regina police.
Meanwhile, a 15-year-old boy, who first appeared on the same charge last week after his arrest Wednesday, returned to court Monday morning. The matter was adjourned to court Dec. 22, and he remains in custody.
The Crown filed a notice of intention in his case to seek an adult sentence if he is convicted. Prosecuted in the youth system, the teen would be subject to a maximum seven-year sentence for murder. But if sentenced as an adult, a murder conviction for a youth carries a life sentence with no possibility of parole for seven years.
None of the teens can be identified under the Youth Criminal Justice Act unless they are sentenced as adults.
Perrault, 69, was found dead in a vacant lot on the west side of the 1400 block of Garnet Street shortly before 11:30 a.m. on Dec. 7. Regina police have not released any information about how he died. He is the city’s seventh homicide victim this year.
A family member described Perrault, who is survived by eight children, as a generous man.
“Victor was a man who would give the shirt of his back,” said the relative, who requested anonymity. “Not one family member can understand why he would be killed.”
The relative remembered him as someone who could be relied upon, was always laughing, and could tell a good joke.
“He loved life, and he loved his family,” the relative said.
Perrault’s death came 24 years to the day of the slaying of his former sister-in-law Carol Josephine Ford. The 42-year-old woman, who had been stabbed repeatedly in the neck and chest, was found draped over a kitchen chair in her Regina home on Dec. 7, 1984. Her unsolved homicide is among the Regina Police Service’s cold case files.
bpacholik@leaderpost.canwest.com
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Source: Two more teens charged in death of senior in Regina
By Barb Pacholik, Leader-PostDecember 15, 2008
REGINA -- Two more teens charged with murdering a Regina senior made their first appearance in Youth Court on Monday, while the prosecution indicated it will be seeking an adult sentence for a third youth if he’s convicted.
Two males, aged 15 and 16, appeared briefly before Judge Leslie Halliday, who formally read them the charge they face: Second-degree murder in the death of Joseph Victor Perrault.
Halliday remanded them in custody while they arrange to speak to a Legal Aid lawyer. They are to return to court Tuesday morning.
The two were arrested separately, without incident, Friday evening, according to Regina police.
Meanwhile, a 15-year-old boy, who first appeared on the same charge last week after his arrest Wednesday, returned to court Monday morning. The matter was adjourned to court Dec. 22, and he remains in custody.
The Crown filed a notice of intention in his case to seek an adult sentence if he is convicted. Prosecuted in the youth system, the teen would be subject to a maximum seven-year sentence for murder. But if sentenced as an adult, a murder conviction for a youth carries a life sentence with no possibility of parole for seven years.
None of the teens can be identified under the Youth Criminal Justice Act unless they are sentenced as adults.
Perrault, 69, was found dead in a vacant lot on the west side of the 1400 block of Garnet Street shortly before 11:30 a.m. on Dec. 7. Regina police have not released any information about how he died. He is the city’s seventh homicide victim this year.
A family member described Perrault, who is survived by eight children, as a generous man.
“Victor was a man who would give the shirt of his back,” said the relative, who requested anonymity. “Not one family member can understand why he would be killed.”
The relative remembered him as someone who could be relied upon, was always laughing, and could tell a good joke.
“He loved life, and he loved his family,” the relative said.
Perrault’s death came 24 years to the day of the slaying of his former sister-in-law Carol Josephine Ford. The 42-year-old woman, who had been stabbed repeatedly in the neck and chest, was found draped over a kitchen chair in her Regina home on Dec. 7, 1984. Her unsolved homicide is among the Regina Police Service’s cold case files.
bpacholik@leaderpost.canwest.com
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Source: Two more teens charged in death of senior in Regina
