Quebec court acquits man in Hells Angels slaying after key witness admits lying
MONTREAL — The Quebec Court of Appeal has acquitted a man in the April 2000 slaying of a high-ranking Hells Angels member because a key prosecution witness admitted to lying on the stand.
The court acquitted Tony Duguay today in the death of Normand (Biff) Hamel, a member of the gang’s former Nomads chapter.
Three appeals court justices reached the decision after a Crown witness — an informant named Sylvain Beaudry — admitted to lying in court about details of a confession he gleaned from Duguay.
Beaudry acknowledged elements of his testimony came from evidence supplied to him by his police handlers.