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B.C. Supreme Court Justice Janice Dillon convicted Vallee in June 2018 of first-degree murder in LeClair’s public slaying, as well as conspiracy to kill his Red Scorpion gang-mates Jamie, Jarrod and Jonathan Bacon.
Gottardi said the convictions should be overturned on several grounds, including the late disclosure and lack of scrutiny of the unsavoury ex-gangster witnesses known only as A, B, C and D.
Leading up to the trial, there was no evidence linking Vallee to the murder except for statements made to police by B and C, he told Justices Mary Saunders, Patrice Abrioux and Peter Voith.
Cory Vallee in 2011 mug shots provided by police. Photo by PNG files
United Nations gang hitman Cory Vallee should get a new trial because the judge who convicted him erred in assessing the credibility of former gangsters-turned-Crown witnesses, Vallee’s lawyer said Tuesday.
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And Eric Gottardi told the B.C. Court of Appeal that the trial judge also failed to fully recognize the impact on Vallee’s defence of the late disclosure of a video that showed him near the Langley spot where Red Scorpion Kevin LeClair was gunned down in 2009.