Defence lawyer in New Brunswick python case says Mounties broke deal
CAMPBELLTON, N.B. — Jean-Claude Savoie has been found not guilty of criminal negligence in the deaths of two boys killed by his escaped python in northern New Brunswick, and now his lawyer says the RCMP broke a deal not to lay a charge in the first place.
“It’s been quite a roller coaster road for him to have been implicated in this matter, investigated and at one point told that there would be no charges,” Leslie Matchim said.
Matchim said an investigation by New Brunswick RCMP concluded no charge was warranted.
“The investigation does not support an offence of causing death by criminal negligence,” reads a report signed by the lead investigator and the head of the major crime unit on Nov. 22, 2013.