A jury found Bilodeau guilty of two counts of manslaughter in May after Jacob Sansom was shot once in the chest and Maurice Cardinal was hit three times in the…
'No way justified': Murder trial begins for father and son accused of killing Metis hunters in rural Alberta
The court has heard that Sansom, 39, and Cardinal, 57, had been moose hunting near Glendon, Alta., in March 2020, so they could fill the family’s freezer with meat as COVID-19 was shutting down businesses. Court heard Roger Bilodeau and the hunters first stopped their trucks on the road. Anthony Bilodeau arrived soon after. Within 26 seconds, Anthony Bilodeau shot Sansom, then shot Cardinal as the hunter was walking to his truck, Crown attorney Jordan Kerr said.“Mr. Roger Bilodeau initiated this entire sequence of events,” Kerr said.
Loved ones of the hunters spoke Friday about how their deaths have left them, their friends and their community devastated.