Pietro Magistrale was granted bail at his March 21, 2013 hearing (last Thursday). Desjardins's bail hearing started on March 18, and it resumes this Thursday. The judge presiding this hearing already denied bail to Vittorio Mirarchi.
Mafioso Montagna’s murder case: Raynald Desjardins seeks bail while awaiting trial By Paul Cherry, GAZETTE CRIME REPORTER March 26, 2013 5:12 PM
MONTREAL — Raynald Desjardins, one of five men accused in the murder of Mafioso Salvatore Montagna, is seeking to be released on bail as he awaits trial.
The bail hearing began last week at the Gouin courthouse in northern Montreal and is being heard by Superior Court Justice Marc David. The hearing, which began on March 18, is expected to last about five days spread out over two weeks. It is scheduled to resume again on Thursday.
The murder case falls under the jurisdiction of the Joliette courthouse, because of where Montagna was killed, in Île Vaudry, a small island just east of Montreal. The bail hearing is being heard at the specially built courthouse to accommodate the parties involved. It was designed to handle cases involving many accused at the same time. However, on Tuesday, Desjardins, 59, sat alone in an enclosed area designed to hold as many as many as 40 accused while he appeared to listen intently to testimony from two investigators involved in the case. Desjardins took notes as he listened to what was said.
Evidence presented during the bail hearing is under a publication ban....
