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Witness testifies not afraid of Boivin AUTUMN MacDONALD Observer Reporter
This is a continuation of a second degree murder trial in Quesnel Supreme Court. For previous coverage check online at www. quesnelobserver .com or in past issues of the Observer. The woman in cabin number one took the stand in the Crown’s case Wednesday morning, stating she never felt threatened by Albert Boivin throughout the evening. “Were you afraid of him? [Boivin]” Crown asked. “No,” the woman replied. “Did he threaten you at all?” Crown said. “No, just general name calling,” the woman answered, adding it was not uncommon for Boivin to call her names. Boivin’s body was found July 22, 2009 outside the brown cabins on Lewis Drive. Upon arrival at the scene RCMP arrested Ken Price initially for aggravated assault and later on for second degree murder. Crown asked the woman (the only witness to the event) her accounts of what transpired that evening. The woman testified herself and Boivin were drinking and doing drugs when Price arrived. Price and the woman left to buy booze, returning shortly to Boivin’s cabin where all drank and “chatted.” At one point in the night Boivin suggested sexual contact between the wom-
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an and Price. The woman testified when both she and Price denied the contact, Boivin became angry. “He wasn’t very happy about that,” she said. The woman testified she was “very drunk” but said she remembered going into Boivin’s bedroom where she heard the two men arguing in the living room. “I could see them wrestling a bit,” she said. “Next thing Albert is falling into the bedroom door and bleeding.” The woman said she attempted to stop the bleeding with a shirt she found on the bedroom floor, when she couldn’t she said she went to a neighbours to call 911. Defence questioned the woman on how well she knew Price. The two had been family friends for close to 20 years. “Ever known him [Price] to be a violent man?” defence asked. “No,” she answered. “Ever known him to have a temper?” “No.” “Ever known him to carry a knife?” “No.” “Didn’t you witness Boivin beat up your boyfriend over a drug debt?” defence pursued. “Yes,” she answered. “Didn’t you once see him chase a man with a machete?” “Yes.” “Then I’m going to suggest you were afraid of him,” defence said.
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“No, not really,” she answered. Defence also inquired about the mood in the cabin prior to the incident. “Fine,” she replied. “So everyone is getting along until you refuse Boivin. You refuse him sexual favours and he gets angry.” The woman agreed. “And Boivin’s not the guy you want angry,” defence said. “No,” she replied. Defence also pointed to the woman’s testimony of Price and Boivin fighting for approximately “20 minutes” in the living room. “Do you see all the bottles standing upright on the coffee table?” defence asked, referring to a photograph taken by the investigators post incident. “Yes,” she said. “There’s nothing out of order in that room,” defence said. In the 2010 preliminary inquiry the woman testified she remembered at one point in the evening Price saying “Leave her alone, Albert,” but could not be certain when it was said. Crown wrapped up its case Wednesday. Thursday defence began, calling a man to the stand who testified he used to work for Boivin. The man testified he was a “chronic crack user for 12 years” and worked as a “door-man” for Boivin in the brown cabins for about a year in 2007. see PAGE A4
Happy 100th birthday Paul Gauthier, local theatre magnet and long-time community supporter, turned 100 years old recently. For more photos of his birthday party, see PAGE A3.
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