It is today that the person responsible for an attempted murder of police officer Catherine Giroux that occurred on August 18, 2021 on Highway 73 in Sainte-Marie, Marco Rodrigue, must receive his sentence.
Judge Louis Dionne will deliver his verdict this afternoon at the Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce courthouse.
The Crown is asking for 15 to 18 years in prison while the Defense has suggested a sentence of 9 years.
The minimum sentence required by law is four years.
As Marco Rodrigue has been detained since the start of the proceedings, an increased period of 4 years, 10 months and a few days of detention will be considered to have already been served at the time of his sentence.
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Touching testimony from police officer Catherine Giroux to observations on Marco Rodrigue’s sentence
Marco Rodrigue is guilty of attempted murder
Trial of Marco Rodrigue | The jury is sequestered
Trial of Marco Rodrigue | The proof is closed
Trial of Marco Rodrigue | Rodrigue identified as suspect late in the afternoon
Trial of Marco Rodrigue | The defense calls its first witnesses
Trial of Marco Rodrigue | Jury leave
Trial of Marco Rodrigue | An incriminating interrogation
Forced leave during the trial of Marco Rodrigue
Trial of Marco Rodrigue | “There is a mistake, it was not a Ford Taurus that I shot, it was a Crown Victoria”
Trial of Marco Rodrigue | The accused had expressed his intention to attack the police
Trial of Marco Rodrigue | A projectile shirt “compatible” with one of the suspect’s two weapons
3rd day of the Marco Rodrigue trial | The suspect was heavily armed
2nd day of the Marco Rodrigue trial | The policewoman’s shirt collar was “frayed”
Marco Rodrigue’s trial begins | Police officer Catherine Giroux testifies
