Ex-Judge Convicted Of Killing His Wife Says He Helped Her Commit Suicide

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 18 Mar, 2015 01:29 PM

MONTREAL — A former Quebec judge sentenced to life in prison for murdering his wife says he helped her commit suicide.

Jacques Delisle tells Radio-Canada in an interview he lied to the court about the circumstances surrounding Nicole Rainville's death in 2009.

Delisle did not testify at his trial but his lawyer argued Rainville killed herself without help.

The former judge tried unsuccessfully to have his 2012 conviction overturned at the Quebec Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court.

The ex-Quebec Court of Appeal justice tells Radio-Canada his disabled wife wanted to die and asked him to retrieve a pistol in the house and hand it to her.

Delisle's lawyer is reportedly planning to ask the federal justice minister to review his client's conviction. If the minister believes legal errors were made, he can order a new trial or refer the matter to the appeals court.

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