domonathan Lehrer, one of the two men accused of murdering Quebec entrepreneur Daniel Langlois and his partner Dominique Marchand in the Caribbean in December 2023, was conditionally released by a judge in Dominica on Tuesday, reports the media Natural Isle News .
In particular, he had to pay a deposit of approximately 520,000 Canadian dollars. The accused must receive permission from a judge if he wishes to travel and must report to the Grand Bay police station.
The former neighbor of the Quebec couple is accused of having orchestrated the double murder since Mr. Langlois and Ms. Marchand were found lifeless in a burned vehicle near their Coulibri Ridge hotel complex on December 1.
Jonathan and his co-accused Robert Snyder Jr are charged in the murder of the Quebec couple, whose bodies were found in a burned car in December 2023.
Lehrer, owner of the Bois Cotlette chocolate factory, had been in conflict for several years over the use of the Morne Rouge public road, which crosses his land to get to the hotel opened by Quebecers in 2021.
The dispute reached the island’s highest court, which ruled in 2019 that the road was public and that Mr. Langlois’ clients could use it freely.
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The announcement of the death of the two entrepreneurs had shaken the Dominican community, including the state’s premier, Roosevelt Skerrit, who said he was “saddened and in shock” after the news.
Daniel Langlois and Dominique Marchand were notably recognized for being involved in the reconstruction of the island after the passage of Hurricane Maria in 2017.
Tributes to the couple had been paid in this island state of the Lesser Antilles, located between Martinique and Guadeloupe, but also in Montreal.
