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Former cardiologist Guy Turcotte was transferred after serving part of his sentence at the La Macaza medium security detention center, in the Laurentians. (Archive photo)
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Former cardiologist Guy Turcotte, who was serving his sentence at the La Macaza medium security detention center, in the Laurentians, for the murder of his two children, is now detained in a minimum security establishment.
Sources confirmed to Radio-Canada that this former doctor was transferred on September 27 to a penitentiary in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, also in the Laurentians.
Guy Turcotte was convicted in 2015 of the unpremeditated murders of his three and five year old children in Piedmont in 2009. His sentence was set at a minimum of 17 years in prison.
This case was highly publicized after a first trial during which he was found not criminally responsible due to mental disorders.
The ex-cardiologist will not be able to apply for parole before 2033.
Before being detained at La Macaza, he had served part of his sentence at the maximum security penitentiary in Port-Cartier.
The reasons for this new transfer are not yet known.
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