Mothers of Laval car crash victims disappointed by trial decision

LAVAL – For close to four years, Micheline Boisvert and Suzanne Gauthier have been there for each other – and it hasn’t been easy.

“I just want justice, I want him to be punished for what he did,” Gauthier told Global News Wednesday.

On Wednesday, the two mothers were expecting Anthony Alfieri to plead guilty to some of the charges against him.

Alfieri reportedly turned down a plea bargain deal at the last minute, he has now elected to go to trial.

Suzanne’s daughter Corinne Giambrona-Gauthier and Micheline’s daughter Leonardo Facchino were killed in a car crash in Laval in 2010.

The two victims were passengers in a car that police claim was driven recklessly by 30-year-old Alfieri.

Alfieri is facing eight charges: two counts each of impaired driving causing death, dangerous driving causing death, criminal negligence causing death, and leaving the scene of an accident.

“It’s been hell,” Boisvert noted. “Not only for me, for the two families.”

Boisvert was visibly upset as she left the Laval Courthouse.

“I could just strangle him with my bare hands,” Boisvert said.

“He can’t even look at me. At least show some remorse!”

Alfieri is expected to return to the Laval courthouse on October 24 in order to set a date for the start of his trial.

Micheline Boisvert said that she will be there, but admitted she was desperate for some sort of closure.

“Basically I don’t have a life,” she said.

“I’m just surviving. Thank God I have a daughter that keeps me going on. That’s why I’m still here!”