Former Saskatchewan Mountie Bernie Herman, who testified for the first time in his first-degree murder trial on Thursday, said he went to an isolated area with the victim, 26-year-old Braden Herman, for sex but doesn't remember firing his gun.
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The trial of Bernie Herman, the veteran former Mountie who is accused of killing Braden Herman (no relation), begins on Monday at the Court of King's Bench in Prince Albert.
Saskatchewan recorded the Indigenous homicide victims in the country last year, and set a new provincial record, data shows. This is not a new issue, experts told CBC News.