Francois Duchesne

• Crown wraps case at Quebec Halloween murder trial, defence to begin next week

  The judge has told jurors that Girouard admits to killing two people and injuring five others but will argue he was not criminally responsible at the time of the events.

  Canada

  Apr 21, 2022
  
• Quebec Halloween stabbing suspect did not get immediate psychiatric help, trial hears

  Social worker Charles-André Bourdua told the court he continued to see Girouard beyond the usual three-month assessment to ensure he would be taken in by a psychiatrist.

  Crime

  Apr 12, 2022
  
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• Quebec City honours victims on first anniversary of deadly sword attack

  Carl Girouard of Ste-Thérèse, Que., was charged with two counts of first-degree murder and five counts of attempted murder after the attack and is currently awaiting trial.

  Canada

  Oct 31, 2021
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• Quebec City sword attack suspect makes virtual court appearance from jail infirmary

  No reason was offered in court to explain why Carl Girouard, 25, was in the infirmary of the Quebec City jail.

  Canada

  Apr 30, 2021
• Quebec City sword stabbing suspect to return to court April 30

  Carl Girouard, 24, from the Montreal suburb of Ste-Thérèse, Que., appeared via video conference from a detention centre.

  Canada

  Mar 12, 2021
• Quebec City Halloween night stabbing suspect returns to court for brief hearing

  Carl Girouard, from Sainte-Thérèse, a northern suburb of Montreal, remains in detention and is scheduled to return to court March 12.

  Crime

  Jan 26, 2021
• Suspect in Quebec City sword attack will undergo psychiatric evaluation

  Carl Girouard's lawyer, Benoit Labrecque, told Quebec court Judge Sarah-Julie Chicoine Friday the report on his client's mental health should be ready when the case returns to court Jan. 26.

  Nov 20, 2020
• Petition calls on Quebec City to honour victim killed in Halloween stabbing

  An online petition is asking Quebec City Mayor Régis Labeaume to honour slain resident Suzanne-Clermont, 61.

  Crime

  Nov 9, 2020
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• Suspect in Quebec City Halloween night stabbing case returns to court Nov. 20

  The 24-year-old resident of Sainte-Thérèse, a suburb of Montreal, is accused of two first-degree murders and five attempted murders committed Saturday night in Old Quebec.

  Crime

  Nov 5, 2020
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• ‘All of Quebec is in mourning’: Online registry of condolences launched for victims of sword attack

  Suzanne Clermont and François Duchesne were killed during a rampage on Halloween night in Quebec City.

  Canada

  Nov 3, 2020