Richard Henry Bain shouted ‘the Anglophones are waking up’ after opening fire at victory rally for the separatist Parti Quebecois

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A Canadian man who carried out a deadly shooting at a victory rally in Montreal following the 2012 election of Quebec’s separatist premier has been sentenced to life in prison with no parole for at least 20 years.

Justice Guy Cournoyer of the Quebec superior court sentenced Richard Henry Bain, 66, in a Montreal courtroom on Friday.

Bain was found guilty of second-degree murder in August, convicted by a jury in the killing of Denis Blanchette, a lighting technician, at the 4 September 2012 victory rally for Pauline Marois of the Parti Quebecois.

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When the shooting began Marios was bundled off stage by bodyguards in the middle of her victory speech inside the Metropolis concert hall.

Shots fired by Bain also wounded a 27-year-old stage hand. Bain was also found guilty of three counts of attempted murder.

As he was detained by police at the scene, Bain, wearing a balaclava and a bathrobe, infamously shouted in French with an English accent: “The Anglophones are waking up.”



With the Associated Press