Warning: Disturbing Graphic Content
A Surrey man found guilty of beheading his roommate and desecrating his body in 2008 has lost an appeal of his second-degree murder conviction.
Ernest Allan Hosack was sentenced in 2018 to life in prison with no eligibility for parole for 15 years for the murder of Richard Falardeau, 54.
He appealed his conviction based on the admissibility of a statement he made to police and claimed Justice Terry Schultes erred by finding him not criminally responsible by reason of mental disorder and by failing to stay the case on grounds of 香蕉视频直播渦nreasonable delay.香蕉视频直播�
The Court of Appeal for British Columbia dismissed his appeal.
香蕉视频直播淚n my view, the judge made none of the alleged errors,香蕉视频直播� Justice Gail Dickson said in her 9, with Justices David Franklin Tysoe and Lauri Ann Fenlon concurring. 香蕉视频直播淗e interpreted the evidence reasonably and drew available inferences that supported his admissibility ruling and his conclusion that Mr. Hosack was guilty of second-degree murder. Nor did the judge err by failing to find Mr. Hosack not criminally responsible given the inconclusive nature of the salient evidence or by failing to stay the proceedings for unreasonable delay.香蕉视频直播�
Richard Falardeau, 54, had invited Hosack to share an attic apartment he香蕉视频直播檇 been renting at 14358 88th Ave. in 2008. After Falardeau went missing, his brother filed a report with the Surrey RCMP Missing Persons Unit. Encountering clouds of flies in the August heat, police found Falardeau香蕉视频直播檚 headless torso stuffed inside a suitcase in a closet. His thumbs, anus, scrotum and testes were found in plastic bags in the refrigerator freezer. His skull, with some hair and part of the spine still attached, was found three months later, in marshy tall grass in a hollow off a pathway along the Hydro right-of-way, near 92nd Avenue and King George Boulevard.
During the trial - held in New Westminster and Vancouver in 2012-13 - Crown prosecutor Christopher McPherson said that when the police asked Hosack where he put Falardeau香蕉视频直播檚 head, an 香蕉视频直播渆ntity香蕉视频直播� purporting to be his long-dead grandfather replied, 香蕉视频直播淚n the Y next to the Z. Next to Zion. You don香蕉视频直播檛 want to go.香蕉视频直播�
McPherson argued at trial that Hosack murdered Falardeau to punish him for 香蕉视频直播渕essing香蕉视频直播� with his designs. The prosecutor noted that during a 12-hour police interview 香蕉视频直播渃hock-a-block香蕉视频直播� full of delusions, Hosack spoke of nuclear cutting wire, more efficient ways to wage war, light-speed engines and other stuff he香蕉视频直播檇 designed. During his interview with police, Hosack said Falardeau had belittled him about his designs, laughed at him, and threw his plans and binders out. Falardeau fell into darkness, he said, 香蕉视频直播渂ecause he was looking at something that wasn香蕉视频直播檛 his to behold.香蕉视频直播�
Toward the end of his interview with police, the court heard, Hosack spoke of 香蕉视频直播淭he Entity.香蕉视频直播� A voice claiming to be that of his dead grandpa said Falardeau died 香蕉视频直播渇aster than he ever thought possible香蕉视频直播� and that his grandson saw him 香蕉视频直播渟nap his head like a twig.香蕉视频直播�
The voice told police he 香蕉视频直播渁ppropriated香蕉视频直播� Falardeau香蕉视频直播檚 soul and then 香蕉视频直播渟cattered香蕉视频直播� it. 香蕉视频直播淵ou would call it murder,香蕉视频直播� the voice said.
tom.zytaruk@surreynowleader.com
Like us on Follow us on and follow Tom on
