Pietro Magistrale was granted bail at his March 21, 2013 hearing (last Thursday). [snip]
Very strange events surrounding the Montagna murder trial. Magistrale, who sought bail and had it granted to him last Thursday, was re-arrested this morning.
is about Magistrale's being granted bail last Thursday (March 21). According to the article, he faces more than a dozen charges in relation to Montagna's murder.
The newest charge against Magistrale may be first-degree murder, but I'm not sure.
Paul Cherry's current online article in the Montreal Gazette confirms that Magistrale has seen his charges revised to one of first-degree murder.
Magistrale to face first-degree murder in Montagna case BY PAUL CHERRY, THE GAZETTE MARCH 27, 2013 12:54 PM
MONTREAL — One of six men arrested in connection with the murder of Mafioso Salvatore Montagna will see charges he initially faced upgraded to first-degree murder.
The Sûreté du Québec announced Wednesday they have re-arrested Pietro Magistrale, 61, as part of the same investigation that saw him charged, in December 2011, with 19 counts related to several firearms seized during the police investigation into Montagna’s murder.
Magistrale was the only person among the six not to be charged with first-degree murder when the arrests were first made in 2011. He was granted bail in March 2012 and was scheduled to have a court date on April 3 at the Joliette courthouse. The change in the case prompted the SQ to re-arrest Magistrale and he is expected to appear in court Wednesday afternoon. According to a release issued by the police, Magistrale, a resident of Laval, was arrested in Côte des Neiges.
The release did not offer an explanation for why the case against Magistrale’s case has changed so dramatically....
