A victim of the man who stabbed a police officer in Louiseville on Monday night says the alarms have been raised more than once in his file and denounced the authorities’ inaction.
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“I said he’s dangerous. Sooner or later he’ll kill you.” These are the comments of Yvon de Montigny, a few days after the death of police officer Maureen Breau.
Yvon de Montigny was the neighbor of Isaac Brouillard Lessard, who allegedly killed Sergeant Breau in Louiseville on Monday night. On December 28, 2021, the suspect punched him in the face at their apartment building on rue Sainte-Julie in Trois-Rivières. “He broke my jaw,” said Mr. de Montigny.
The suspect received a two-year probation and 200 hours of community service. What Mr de Montigny regrets is the lack of close monitoring of his attacker, particularly after he was declared not responsible for five other cases before him.
“I warned the prosecutor: he is dangerous, it takes something to follow him. We released him. Two hundred hours of work is nothing. It’s laughing at the population and we are putting the population at risk,” added his victim.
Unfortunately, the murder of Maureen Breau confirmed his fears. For him, the news was initially a “huge shock”. “I warned they didn’t care, that’s it. It’s their fault, the authorities, they got their ass kicked. I’m lucky, I’m still alive, but she isn’t alive today.
Today he calls for change even more. “We knew he was dangerous. After five times there are no more questions to ask. […] How many are there in free society but in the same situation as him? How many murders does it take to say, “Okay, this person needs permanent, lifelong follow-up”? How many murders will it take before we wake up? That has to change,” demanded Yvon de Montigny.