Conor D’Monte, also known as Johnny Williams, on the beach in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Photo by Postmedia exclusive
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A BC gang fugitive accused of Langley’s murder in 2009 is not entitled to have all the evidence against him for an extradition hearing in Puerto Rico, the US prosecutor says in new court documents.
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A UN gang lawyer, Conor D’Monte, had called for more revelations from both Canadian and US law enforcement to use them in D’Monte’s extradition proceedings. However, in a new court statement, a U.S. Assistant Attorney General noted that extradition is not a criminal case and therefore D’Monte is not entitled to more than what the Canadian authorities have already provided – an affidavit by Officer Terrence Murphy underlining the criminal case against him. “D’Monte is not a criminal defendant in the United States and this is not a criminal case. “He is a fugitive from Canada, whose extradition has been requested by this government,” said Assistant Attorney General Julian N. Radzinschi. “Anything else D’Monte asks will have to wait until he returns to Canada, represented by a lawyer there, and at the stand of a defendant facing charges in that country to seek any discovery and material he is entitled to under Canadian law.” legislation”.
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The Vancouver native was charged in January 2011 with murder and conspiracy to assassinate Red Scorpion gangster Kevin LeClair in February 2009, and plotting to kill Scorpion brothers Jonathan, Jarrod and Jamie Bacon. After 11 years on the run, D’Monte was arrested Feb. 25 in a Puerto Rican suburb of San Juan with a firearm in his possession. He lived there for years under the pseudonym Johnny Williams, volunteering for a bee charity and playing beach tennis almost daily. An undated brochure photo of Kevin LeClair, who was shot on February 6, 2009, in Langley. Last month, attorney general Andrew S. McCutcheon complained that the Canadian “extradition package did not contain any physical or digital evidence linking Mr D’Monte to a crime. “And yet, the court is called upon to approve the physical seizure and transfer of Mr D’Monte’s body to another country.”
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In his revelation, McCutcheon cited several Postmedia News articles about the trial of UN murderer Corey Vale, who was convicted of Leclerc’s murder, citing lawyers who attacked the credibility of key witnesses. Radzinschi said in his response that D’Monte’s motion to uncover did not include the final guilty verdict in the Vallee case, where a BC Supreme Court justice found the witnesses credible. “While D’Monte cites a long list of news articles about witnesses in Cory Vallee’s trial, he has not once referred to any of the Canadian courts that convicted and upheld Vallee’s conviction,” Radzinschi said. “Interestingly, while D’Monte relies heavily on news sources to attack the credibility of witnesses in Murphy’s affidavit, he fails to mention the fact that Vallee himself made the same arguments about credibility. which was rejected by the Court of Appeal for British Columbia “.
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He also said that D’Monte’s request for evidence gathered by US law enforcement agencies regarding the UN gang is irrelevant to the Canadian case against D’Monte. “The United States has not independently investigated the murder or conspiracy to commit murder for which Canada is seeking D’Monte extradition,” Radzinschi said. “D’Monte is trying to get this court that if the United States conducted any investigation into the UN gang – on any subject – that it somehow gives it the right to any … material in extradition proceedings for different offenses committed entirely on Canadian soil. “ [email protected] twitter.com/kbolan More news, fewer ads: Our in-depth journalism is possible thanks to the support of our subscribers. For just $ 3.50 a week, you can get unlimited, ad-lite access to The Vancouver Sun, The Province, the National Post, and 13 other Canadian news sites. Support us with your registration today: The Vancouver Sun | The Province.
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