TORONTO - Arguments are set to be heard in Ontario's appeal court today for five men challenging their convictions in what's believed to be the province's largest mass slaying.
They were convicted in the slaughter of eight members of the Bandido biker gang in April, 2006.
The bodies of the bikers were found stuffed into cars and abandoned at a rural property near London.
The Crown argued at the trial that the murders were the result of rising tensions between the dead men and the probationary Bandidos chapter in Winnipeg.
In all six men were convicted of 44 counts of first-degree murder and four counts of manslaughter.
All six filed notices of appeal shortly after their convictions in 2009, but appeal court documents show only five are now proceeding.
