Montreal youth facing trial for double murder arrested in jail for two other killings

MONTREAL — An 18-year-old Montreal man who is now facing charges in connection with two double homicides committed last year will return to court in January.

The man — who was 17 at the time of the alleged offences and cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act — appeared in provincial youth court Wednesday to face two counts of first-degree murder.

Montreal police say the charges are linked to the shooting deaths of a 73-year-old woman and her 22-year-old granddaughter in Montreal’s Pointe-Saint-Charles neighbourhood in December 2022.

Mahad Farrah, 23, also faces charges of first-degree murder in connection with those killings.