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Andy Duroseau case: accused of threatening a judge and three lawyers

An individual awaiting sentence for opening fire on the driver of a mafia clan leader in 2014 has been accused of death threats against a judge of the Court of Québec, a prosecutor of the prosecution and two lawyers of the the defense yesterday afternoon at the Montreal courthouse.

The accused in this unusual case, Andy Duroseau, 30, also faces charges of death threats against a man and a woman. A publication ban prevents us from disclosing the identity of the six alleged victims. The alleged acts took place last October.

DELICATE CASE

The case is delicate, and for the sake of transparency, it was a Québec City prosecutor who represented the lawsuit yesterday, before Judge Manlio Del Negro of the Court of Quebec. The prosecutor, Mr. Daniel Bélanger, announced at the outset that it is a judge from another district who will hear the case.

He also opposed the release of the suspect, whose release investigation was postponed until 19 December. But in fact, this appearance will have no impact, since Duroseau is already detained pending the pleadings on sentence in relation to a case of attempted murder on the driver and bodyguard of a clan chief of the Mafia of Montreal to be held next February.

Yesterday, Duroseau did not have a lawyer to represent him, and it was Judge Del Negro who had to be a pedagogue and explain what was happening.

"I do not have a lawyer! I need a lawyer! What threats? Duroseau, who was appearing by video conference from a local detention center in Rivière-des-Prairies.

On October 3, 2014, when Mafia boss Andrew Scoppa's driver and his pregnant wife were returning to their Dollard-des-Ormeaux condo building, Duroseau jumped off a wall, fell, raised and, armed with a pistol, opened fire several times on their vehicle. The Mafioso driver backed up quickly before the SUV came to a standstill and the SUV and his wife ran to a nearby business.

Duroseau was arrested shortly after the incident and pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted murder and a weapon possession charge last March.

THREATS AGAINST PROSECUTORS

According to figures obtained from the Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions (DPCP), at least 13 cases of threats to a prosecutor have been handled by the DPCP security service since the beginning of the year, a number which is similar to that of 2014 and 2015.

The statistics also reveal that between January 1, 2010 and November 16, 2018 (over a nine-year period), 1280 court files of threats to a person associated with the justice system (lawyers, judges, police officers, constables, etc.) have been opened everywhere in Quebec.

- With the collaboration of William Leclerc, La Presse