{"id":31522,"date":"2014-11-14T22:02:20","date_gmt":"2014-11-14T14:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=31522"},"modified":"2014-11-14T17:01:22","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T09:01:22","slug":"murder-for-lobster-case-begins-in-nova-scotia-for-one-of-four-people-charged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/11\/14\/murder-for-lobster-case-begins-in-nova-scotia-for-one-of-four-people-charged\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Murder for lobster\u2019 case begins in Nova Scotia for one of four people charged"},"content":{"rendered":"
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PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S.\u2014A Cape Breton fisherman whose body has never been found was dragged out to sea with a gaff and tied to an anchor after he was shot and his boat was rammed three times, the Crown said as a murder trial got underway Thursday.<\/p>\n

Prosecutor Steve Drake delivered his opening arguments at the trial of Joseph James Landry, who has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder in the death last year of Phillip Boudreau. Landry, 67, of Little Anse, is one of four people charged in the case.<\/p>\n

Drake told a jury that Boudreau, 43, died as the result of a sustained attack by a three-man lobster fishing crew that included Landry.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis case is about murder for lobster,\u201d Drake told the Nova Scotia Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not about a loss of control. The crew of the Twin Maggies carried out a sustained attack.\u201d<\/p>\n

Drake said the Twin Maggies rammed Boudreau\u2019s boat three times at the mouth of Petit de Grat harbour on June 1, 2013. He said Landry fired four shots from a rifle, one of which hit Boudreau\u2019s leg.<\/p>\n

Boudreau\u2019s boat overturned after it was rammed the third time and he was then hooked with a gaff and dragged out to sea, Drake said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou will hear through witnesses Landry using his own words, \u2018Get him … Kill him,\u201d\u2018 he told the court.<\/p>\n

Police launched an extensive search of the area that only turned up Boudreau\u2019s black and teal baseball-style cap on the shoreline and his green rubber fishing boots in water, about 20 metres off shore, Drake said.<\/p>\n

Boudreau was last seen by his brother near the Petit de Grat wharf on June 1, 2013, just before 6 a.m., Drake said. He said Boudreau took his red and white speedboat out on the water and it was found overturned without its motor by a local fisherman about one hour later.<\/p>\n

Drake said according to a statement provided to the police by Craig Landry, a deckhand on the Twin Maggies, Boudreau initially clung to a red gas can after his boat overturned.<\/p>\n

Joseph James Landry hooked Boudreau with a fishing gaff, but it slipped, so he hooked Boudreau again, Drake said. At one point, Boudreau managed to free himself by slipping out of a sweater, but Joseph James Landry hooked him a third time, Drake added.<\/p>\n

He said Craig Landry noticed white foam bubbling from Boudreau\u2019s mouth and his body turned face down in the water. That\u2019s when the three-man crew tied an anchor to Boudreau\u2019s neck and upper arms, dropping him in an area with a water depth of about 22 metres.<\/p>\n

Craig Landry told police that at that point, Joseph Landry said, \u201cThat\u2019s deep enough,\u201d Drake said.<\/p>\n

Craig Landry of Petit de Grat originally faced a second-degree murder charge but that was withdrawn. He now faces a charge of accessory after the fact in the case.<\/p>\n

The captain of the Twin Maggies, Dwayne Matthew Samson of D\u2019Escousse, also faces a second-degree murder charge. His wife Carla Samson, who is owner of the lobster boat, faces a charge of accessory after the fact.<\/p>\n

Carla Samson is also the daughter of Joseph James Landry, court heard.<\/p>\n

The first day of testimony heard from 10 witnesses including lead RCMP investigator Cpl. Fraser Firth.<\/p>\n

Firth testified that police seized a number of firearms from Dwayne Matthew Samson\u2019s home on June 7, 2013, including a lever-action Winchester rifle. He said four bullet holes were found in Boudreau\u2019s boat and a spent round was recovered by investigators.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat bullet that was recovered from Phillip Boudreau\u2019s boat was fired from that particular firearm,\u201d said Firth.<\/p>\n

Under cross-examination by defence lawyer Luke Craggs, Firth said Craig Landry was arrested June 6, 2013, and told police nothing about the case. He said that changed 20 days later, when a videotaped interview was arranged at the RCMP detachment in Bible Hill, N.S.<\/p>\n

Firth told Craggs that as a result of that interview, Craig Landry took part in a videotaped re-enactment on the waters of Petit de Grat harbour on June 27.<\/p>\n

The case resumes Friday in Port Hawkesbury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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