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The Supreme Court of Canada won’t hear Richard Henry Bain’s appeal of his sentence for shooting a man on election night in Quebec seven years ago.

Bain was convicted of killing lighting technician Denis Blanchette outside a Parti Québécois rally on Sept. 4, 2012, as premier-designate Pauline Marois delivered a victory speech inside.

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In 2016, Quebec Superior Court Justice Guy Cournoyer sentenced Bain to life in prison without possibility for parole for 20 years after a jury found him guilty of second-degree murder as well as three counts of attempted murder.

Bain’s defence had argued unsuccessfully that he should be found not criminally responsible for the killing.

In March, a five-judge Quebec Court of Appeal panel dismissed Bain’s request to reduce his period of parole ineligibility. During the trial and in the appeal, the Crown and Bain’s defence lawyer, Alan Guttman, were at opposite ends of the argument. Guttman argued that, in finding Bain guilty of second-degree murder instead of first-degree, the jury obviously factored in Bain’s mental state when he carried out the shooting. The defence attorney sought to have Bain’s parole ineligibility reduced to the minimum of 10 years.