An angry snowmobiler intended to kill the co-owner of a hotel in Mauricie in the winter of 2020 by delivering about 20 blows to her face, a judge ruled, finding him guilty of attempted murder.
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“Patrice St-Amand is a happy murderer. He strikes to kill. All blows hit the head […] and he leaves the crime scene when he is sure that she will no longer move,” judge Simon Ricard declared the defendant guilty across the board.
“What was supposed to be a simple holiday snowmobile trip turned into a nightmare for several people whose paths crossed,” described the judge that day with Patrice St-Amand.
- WARNING, the following images are extremely violent. The victim had asked the court to make them public during the trial for preventive reasons.
Shortly after 1 a.m. on January 3, 2020, the waitress at the bar at the Hotel Central de Parent called her boss Sylvie Lachapelle and asked her for assistance. When she arrived, the sixty-year-old tried to calm St-Amand, who was having a heated discussion with her employee.
“I’ll kill you too.”
The snowmobiler was uncontrollable and instead slammed a beer on the counter and then delivered a first punch to the former co-owner in the face. She fell to the floor between the stools and the bar.
Screenshots courtesy of the court
Then, in just three minutes, he lashed out at the woman, punching, kneeing and kicking her in the face. “Shut up, I’m going to kill you too, my bitch,” he also said to the waitress Nathalie Hébert, who witnessed the attack of “incredible violence.”
In total, the victim received 21 blows. St-Amand then left, leaving her dead on the ground. Images of the horrific attack captured by the bar’s security cameras were also shown during the trial.
St-Amand argued that he was too intoxicated by alcohol and magic mushrooms to realize the consequences of the attack and that he did not intend to kill. A version that was, however, rejected by the judge.
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