MONTREAL – An ex-Montreal police investigator facing gangsterism-related charges for allegedly selling sensitive information to criminal bikers is going straight to trial.
Benoit Roberge’s preliminary hearing was set to begin this morning.
Instead, he has renounced that right and has decided to go straight to trial before a judge alone.
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The case returns to court on March 13.
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Roberge is facing one charge of obstructing justice, one of breach of trust and two related to gangsterism.
He has been detained since October and his lawyer recently decided to put off a bail hearing so he could get a better idea of the Crown’s case against his client.
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Roberge retired from the Montreal police in August and had been working briefly as an investigator with the province’s tax agency.
He was fired from that job following his arrest.
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