Greg Carr
2004-07-15 03:05:01 UTC
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1089853243584_45/?hub=Canada#
Ex-biker hitman imprisoned for child molesting
CTV.ca News Staff
A former Hells Angels hitman who turned informant and who confessed to
participation in 43 murders will be going back to prison for sexually
abusing a boy.
Yves (Apache) Trudeau, 58, was sentenced to four years pleaded guilty
in April to two counts each of sexual interference, invitation to
sexual touching and sexual exploitation.
His victim was under 14 when the exploitation began. The offences took
place between September 2000 to this past February.
"We asked for four years and the judge gave a sentence of four years,"
Crown prosecutor Sonia Paquet told reporters, adding, "I think justice
was rendered."
When Trudeau committed his crimes, he had been out of prison on parole
since 1993. It was part of a deal he made to provide evidence against
other members of the Hells Angels, a powerful organized crime
organization.
Trudeau was motivated to help authorities when he realized the Angels
were trying to eliminate the Laval chapter because of its unruliness.
Information on almost 100 homicides was provided to police by Trudeau,
who also supplied information on the biker gang's drug network.
He also told police about the 43 killings he personally carried out,
such as building the bomb that blew up four men in a Montreal
apartment in 1984.
Trudeau was sentenced to life in prison in 1986 on manslaughter
charges. People are eligible for parole after seven years.
When he left prison, Trudeau did various menial jobs under his new
identity, including driving a bus for handicapped people.
After 2000, he lived on welfare and unemployment insurance.
Trudeau had killed more people than the Canadian military in the 1991
Gulf War, said Judge Michel Duceppe as he passed sentence.
While he found Trudeau's past deplorable, Duceppe predicted a
"wretched future."
Ex-biker hitman imprisoned for child molesting
CTV.ca News Staff
A former Hells Angels hitman who turned informant and who confessed to
participation in 43 murders will be going back to prison for sexually
abusing a boy.
Yves (Apache) Trudeau, 58, was sentenced to four years pleaded guilty
in April to two counts each of sexual interference, invitation to
sexual touching and sexual exploitation.
His victim was under 14 when the exploitation began. The offences took
place between September 2000 to this past February.
"We asked for four years and the judge gave a sentence of four years,"
Crown prosecutor Sonia Paquet told reporters, adding, "I think justice
was rendered."
When Trudeau committed his crimes, he had been out of prison on parole
since 1993. It was part of a deal he made to provide evidence against
other members of the Hells Angels, a powerful organized crime
organization.
Trudeau was motivated to help authorities when he realized the Angels
were trying to eliminate the Laval chapter because of its unruliness.
Information on almost 100 homicides was provided to police by Trudeau,
who also supplied information on the biker gang's drug network.
He also told police about the 43 killings he personally carried out,
such as building the bomb that blew up four men in a Montreal
apartment in 1984.
Trudeau was sentenced to life in prison in 1986 on manslaughter
charges. People are eligible for parole after seven years.
When he left prison, Trudeau did various menial jobs under his new
identity, including driving a bus for handicapped people.
After 2000, he lived on welfare and unemployment insurance.
Trudeau had killed more people than the Canadian military in the 1991
Gulf War, said Judge Michel Duceppe as he passed sentence.
While he found Trudeau's past deplorable, Duceppe predicted a
"wretched future."