Posted AT 10:56 PM EST on 13/06/08
Montrealer acquitted in shooting death of policeman
Awakened before dawn by police officers who battered down the door to his home, Basil Parasiris said he acted in self-defence when he shot at a stranger at his bedroom door.
A jury agreed yesterday, acquitting the Montreal-area businessman of first-degree murder in the shooting death of Constable Daniel Tessier, a father of two.
The verdict was the latest slap in this case for the Laval police.
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