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The suspect charged in relation to the election-night shooting at Metropolis, Richard Henry Bain, was representing himself at his own preliminary hearing when he entered the prisoner’s box on Thursday with several large paper bags full of documents. Bain will be defending himself against 16 charges, including murder, though the court has warned him numerously since the start of his preliminary hearing to be in control of his outbursts.
Bain stated during the hearing that “this is a racist government, a separatist government, an apartheid government.” He added that “that’s why I call it Maroisgate.” The Quebec Court Judge, Pierre Labelle, rigorously cautioned him, while a lecture about court decorum. Bain was directly warned by the judge, when he raised his voice above the judge’s, that “Mr. Bain, I will have you removed from this courtroom if you disrupt it.”
Crown prosecutor, Éliane Perreault, had requested the court for a publication ban on the hearing, according to which almost all the evidence heard at the hearing would be kept a secret while the judge decides whether there’s enough evidence to go to trial. Perreault alleged that widespread publicity of the evidence will hamper the efforts of acquiring an impartial jury and allow for a fair trial. However, media has opted to contest the ban, as its lawyers assert that a jury will be able to base its verdict on the evidence before them. The charges against Bain are in relation to the shooting of two people outside the Parti Québécois victory gala held at the Metropolis on Sept. 4, 2012.
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