Former Saskatchewan Mountie who shot lover in park to be sentenced for manslaughter
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A former Saskatchewan Mountie who shot and killed his lover is to be sentenced today for manslaughter.
A former Saskatchewan Mountie who shot and killed his lover is to be sentenced today for manslaughter.
Bernie Herman was convicted in January for the death of 26-year-old Braden Herman.
The two men are not related.
Braden Herman’s naked body was found in 2021 in a park on the outskirts of Prince Albert.
Bernie Herman testified that he fired the gun that killed Braden Herman, but lawyers disagreed on whether it was planned.
The officer’s lawyers argued the shooting was in self-defence, but prosecutors said the Mountie deliberately lured his lover to the isolated area to kill him.
Bernie Herman was charged with first-degree murder, but Court of King’s Bench Justice Gary Meschishnick said in his decision that the Crown did not prove the officer wasn’t provoked.
The trial, in December, heard that the two men met on Facebook in about 2018. Soon after, the Mountie invited the younger man to move into his home.
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