A jury has found a man who used a sword to kill and maim victims in Quebec City’s historic district on Halloween night 2020 guilty of murder.
Carl Girouard, 26, was convicted Friday of two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of François Duchesne, 56, and Suzanne Clermont, 61, and five counts of attempted murder.
Girouard had admitted to the acts, but his defence lawyer argued his client was not criminally responsible due to a mental disorder and could not tell right from wrong. The Crown countered that the killings were premeditated and that Girouard was aware of his actions that night….