‘It’s quite unfair’: family responds to former Sask Mountie verdict
The older brother of a man who was shot and killed by a former Saskatchewan Mountie says a verdict of manslaughter is quite unfair.
Brett Herman is responding to Bernie Herman’s conviction on Thursday at the Court of King’s Bench in Prince Albert, which comes over two and a half years after 26-year-old Braden Herman was found deceased in a wooded area of Prince Albert’s northeastern outskirts. He was naked and there was a single gunshot wound to his left upper body.
While Bernie and Braden share the same last name and were both from the La Loche area, they were not related and had been involved in a sexual affair.
Bernie had initially been charged with first-degree murder but when explaining why manslaughter was more suited, Justice Meschishnick cited failure by the Crown to prove beyond a reasonable doubt the shooting in May 2021 was pre-meditated or that Bernie had been provoked.