Jury convicts man of murder in Quebec election rally killing
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A jury has convicted a Quebec man of second-degree murder in the fatal election-night shooting of a lighting technician at a rally where the province's then-separatist leader was celebrating her party's victory.
A jury also found Richard Henry Bain guilty on Tuesday of three counts of attempted murder.
Bain was convicted of killing Denis Blanchette outside a Montreal nightclub as then-Parti Quebecois leader Pauline Marois was inside celebrating the pro-independence Francophone party's election victory
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Bain's lawyer argued he was mentally ill. The prosecution countered that the crimes were deliberate and politically motivated by anger over the PQ victory.
Bain, 65, was heavily armed and wearing a blue bathrobe when he killed Blanchette before his rifle jammed.
As he was led away, Bain yelled out in French at a television camera: "The English are waking up."