Accused in Quebec City mosque shooting changes lawyer during brief appearance
QUEBEC — The accused in Quebec City’s deadly mosque shooting formally changed lawyers on Thursday during a brief court hearing.
Alexandre Bissonnette, 27, appeared briefly before Quebec court Judge Jean-Louis Lemay and acknowledged he was bringing in a new attorney.
Bissonnette faces six counts of first-degree murder and five of attempted murder using a restricted firearm arising from the Jan. 29 deaths.
Jean Petit, a defence lawyer who’d been representing Bissonnette since his arrest, recused himself.