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CP NewsAlert: Former Quebec judge pleads guilty to manslaughter in death of wife

Mar 14, 2024 | 7:50 AM

QUEBEC — A retired Quebec judge who was facing a second murder trial in his wife’s 2009 shooting death has pleaded guilty to manslaughter.

Jacques Delisle’s lawyer told a Quebec City courtroom that his client did not shoot Marie Nicole Rainville but he caused her death by leaving a loaded gun next to her at her request.

More coming.

The Canadian Press