Both Anthony and his father, Roger Bilodeau, 58, were tried together in Edmonton on charges of second-degree murder. They pleaded not guilty in a trial that last about two weeks.
Anthony, a mechanic and farmer who lived in Glendon, and Roger, a father of nine who also lived in the village, had their lawyers argue that they acted in self-defence that night.Sansom and Cardinal were shot to death by Anthony after they were chased from Roger Bilodeau’s rural property by Roger and his 16-year-old son, Joseph Bilodeau. Roger thought Sansom’s truck looked suspicious.
Anthony Bilodeau was told by his father over the phone to bring a gun and help them because they’d caught who they believed to be thieves, court heard.
This is so reminiscent of the Ahmaud Arbery case in Georgia. Father and son, pickup truck, rifles. Prejudice leads them to assume the men of colour were thieves. AND that they had the right to shoot them, even supposing they had been thieves.
like Alabama....
Are the hunters ok?
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