Paul Cherry

@PCherryReporter

Crime reporter with The Gazette (Montreal). Author of The Biker Trials (ECW) et Les Proces des Motards. Thank you to Delf Berg for the courtroom sketch of moi.

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Joined January 2010

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Paul Cherry@PCherryReporter · 6 h

Five men still at large weeks after arrests of alleged Montreal Mafia leaders in Project Alliance | Montreal Gazette montrealgazette.com/news/local-cri…

PCherryReporter's tweet card. On June 12, police arrested Stefano Sollecito and Leonardo Rizzuto along with nine other men who are suspects in six murders carried out between 2011 and 2021.

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Paul Cherry@PCherryReporter · Jul 24

Two men convicted for 2021 violent armoured car holdup in Parc-Ex | Montreal Gazette montrealgazette.com/news/local-cri…

PCherryReporter's tweet card. Garda employees were pepper-sprayed before thieves fled on foot carrying sacks of cash.

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Paul Cherry@PCherryReporter · Jul 23

Alleged Montreal Mafia leader Stefano Sollecito has bail hearing in murder case | Montreal Gazette montrealgazette.com/news/local-cri…

PCherryReporter's tweet card. Sollecito is seeking the release for health reasons.

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Paul Cherry@PCherryReporter · Jul 22

Man charged with killing Montreal daughter was ‘pretty prominent in Ethiopia,’ former friend says | Montreal Gazette montrealgazette.com/news/local-cri…

PCherryReporter's tweet card. Luciano Frattolin “loved his daughter, but he didn’t like the idea of being tied down.”

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Paul Cherry@PCherryReporter · Jul 21

UPDATE: Father of Quebec girl found dead in New York state charged with murder | Montreal Gazette montrealgazette.com/news/provincia…

PCherryReporter's tweet card. Luciano Frattolin, 45, is charged with second-degree murder and concealing the body of Melina Frattolin, 9.

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Paul Cherry@PCherryReporter · Jul 3

Twenty-nine years ago, Jean-Paul Bainbridge kidnapped Isabelle Bolduc, a 22-year-old music student, off a street in Sherbrooke. She was raped and murdered by Bainbridge and another man and her body was hidden. Bainbridge was recently denied parole. montrealgazette.com/news/provincia…

PCherryReporter's tweet card. Bainbridge has been eligible for full parole for four years on his sentence for the 1996 Sherbrooke murder.

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Paul Cherry@PCherryReporter · Jul 3

Man tied to a street dies after he was shot in a park in Brossard. When he was sentenced last year, for assaulting a woman and threatening to kill her, he told a judge he felt he had a lot of living left to do after having seen friends die. montrealgazette.com/news/local-cri…

PCherryReporter's tweet card. Cédrick Bélizaire said last year “he wants to make a change … since his life is not over,” a judge noted in a sentencing decision.

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Paul Cherry@PCherryReporter · Jul 2

Just for Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon faces blunt questions while being cross-examined in civil trial. montrealgazette.com/news/article10…

PCherryReporter's tweet card. He is being cross-examined by the lawyer for nine women accusing him of sexual abuse.

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Paul Cherry@PCherryReporter · Jul 1

McGill Ghetto killing: François Pelletier found guilty of first-degree murder. He killed 24-year-old Romane Bonnier on Oct 19, 2021. Only thing left for the jury to determine was his state of mind | Montreal Gazette montrealgazette.com/news/local-cri…

PCherryReporter's tweet card. During an unusual trial, the only question for the jury was his state of mind when he killed Romane Bonnier in front of stunned witnesses.

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Paul Cherry@PCherryReporter · Jul 1

McGill Ghetto murder: Jury emerges on Canada Day with a first-degree murder verdict for François Pelletier. In 2021, he stabbed Romane Bonnier 26 times in front of stunned witnesses. montrealgazette.com/news/local-cri…

PCherryReporter's tweet card. François Pelletier, acting as his own lawyer, made his closing arguments in his first-degree murder trial for the slaying of Romane Bonnier.

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Paul Cherry@PCherryReporter · Jun 27

McGill Ghetto killing: Jury is sequestered after François Pelletier asks it to find him not criminally responsible for the stabbing death of Romane Bonnier. If they are not convinced, he argues, he is not guilty of first or second degree murder. montrealgazette.com/news/local-cri…

PCherryReporter's tweet card. They will determine François Pelletier’s state of mind after he admitted to stabbing 24-year-old Romane Bonnier to death.

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Paul Cherry@PCherryReporter · Jun 27

‘It is invented,’ Rozon says of sexual-assault allegation by former sister-in-law at civil trial | Montreal Gazette montrealgazette.com/news/article10…

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Paul Cherry@PCherryReporter · Jun 26

Alleged Montreal Mafia member qualifies for release, but remains detained as a murder suspect. Nicola Spagnolo is serving a sentence for stabbing a man in Old Montreal. Two weeks ago, he was arrested in Project Alliance along with Leonardo Rizzuto. montrealgazette.com/news/local-cri…

PCherryReporter's tweet card. Nicola Spagnolo, 50, is a suspect in investigations that produced the arrests this month of several organized crime figures.

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Paul Cherry@PCherryReporter · Jun 26

McGill Ghetto murder: Don’t judge me by the name I called my cat, accused says | Montreal Gazette montrealgazette.com/news/local-cri…

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Paul Cherry@PCherryReporter · Jun 25

Just for Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon denies sexual assault he pleaded guilty to in 1998. He says he felt like “an imposter” among the celebrities who attended the party back in 1998 when a woman alleged the sexual assault took place. montrealgazette.com/news/local-cri…

PCherryReporter's tweet card. Québecor CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau will be a witness at Rozon’s civil trial in August.

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Paul Cherry@PCherryReporter · Jun 24

McGill Ghetto murder trial: With the trial of François Pelletier in its final week and with the last witness on the stand, a juror has sent the judge a note. The note says one juror has already made up their mind. The judge might conduct an inquiry Tuesday montrealgazette.com/news/local-cri…

PCherryReporter's tweet card. Letter says another juror has already made up their mind on François Pelletier’s guilt.

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Paul Cherry@PCherryReporter · Jun 23

McGill Ghetto murder trial: François Pelletier refused to be evaluated by the psychiatrist now testifying in his trial. Pelletier asked the psychiatrist for his thoughts on exorcisms. | Montreal Gazette montrealgazette.com/news/local-cri…

PCherryReporter's tweet card. François Pelletier is acting as his own lawyer in his trial for the murder of Romane Bonnier.

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Paul Cherry@PCherryReporter · Jun 20

Anger fuelled François Pelletier in McGill Ghetto stabbing death of Romane Bonnet, not delusions, psychiatrist tells trial | Montreal Gazette montrealgazette.com/news/local-cri…

PCherryReporter's tweet card. Gilles Chamberland says François Pelletier was not delusional when he killed Romane Bonnier, 24, in 2021.

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Paul Cherry@PCherryReporter · Jun 19

Psychiatrist testifies for the Crown in McGill Ghetto murder trial | Montreal Gazette montrealgazette.com/news/local-cri…

PCherryReporter's tweet card. François Pelletier became upset when Gilles Chamberland told jury that Pelletier witnessed his grandmother die of a heart attack when he was four years old.

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Paul Cherry@PCherryReporter · Jun 19

Jury sees video of police interrogation of suspect in McGill Ghetto stabbing death. François Pelletier broke down when the detective questioning him played a YouTube video of Romane Bonnier, the woman he killed, singing ABBA’s The Winner Takes it All. montrealgazette.com/news/local-cri…

PCherryReporter's tweet card. François Pelletier is charged with the first-degree murder of Romane Bonnier, 24.

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