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Maurice ‘Mom’ Boucher pleads guilty to murder conspiracy charge involving rival

Hells Angels boss Maurice "Mom" Boucher (2nd left), is greeted by other club members at a boxing match in Montreal, 1998. Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press

A former Hells Angels boss already serving a life sentence in the death of two prison guards has pleaded guilty to conspiring to kill another underworld figure.

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Maurice “Mom” Boucher pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring with two others to kill Raynald Desjardins.

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The Crown says a sentencing hearing is scheduled for May 11.

The names of his alleged accomplices are protected by a publication ban as they are facing a trial in 2019.

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Crown officials say the conspiracy was hatched between July and November 2015, while Boucher was behind bars.

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The Crown and defence will make a joint sentence recommendation to Quebec Superior Court Justice Eric Downs.

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Boucher has been jailed since his 2002 conviction for ordering the assassination of two Quebec prison guards.

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Desjardins is also currently jailed after being sentenced for conspiracy in the slaying of Mob boss Salvatore Montagna in 2011.

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