Tshilumba on trial a second time

April 2016, a man entered a Maxi store in St‑Michel and stabbed to death 20‑year‑old employee Clémence Beaulieu‑Patry. A year and a half later, Randy Tshilumba was convicted of murder in the first degree.

A new trial was ordered in 2022 on the basis that the judge in the first trial, Hélène di Salvo, had given confusing directions to the jury.

The new trial is now under way.

I don’t know what new outcome anyone expects here, as everyone agrees Tshilumba committed the deed. His state of mind may be relevant but he was already convicted and locked up.