Saskatchewan man who killed 2 mounties 20 years ago to hear fate of his truck
The Crown argued at trial that it was Dagenais who surprised the Mounties with gunfire and that he lied in court to get away with murder.
A man serving time for the 2006 killing of two Saskatchewan Mounties is scheduled to attend a court hearing regarding the future of his 1986 GMC 1500 pickup truck. Provincial prosecutors have submitted a request to have the blue truck confiscated by the Crown, as Dagenais is currently incarcerated. In 2009, a jury found Curtis Dagenais, 61, guilty of first-degree murder for the deaths of Constables Robin Cameron and Marc Bourdages, as well as attempted murder for wounding a third officer.
The shooting occurred in Spiritwood, approximately 175 kilometers north-west of Saskatoon, when police attempted to arrest Dagenais in his GMC truck. Dagenais claimed that the Mounties had fired first, prompting him to retrieve and fire a rifle from under the vehicle to defend himself. The Crown maintained that Dagenais had initiated the gunfire and had lied during the trial to avoid conviction. Dagenais was given three consecutive life sentences, with no possibility of parole for 25 years.
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