*wikipedia: Aime Simard
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| Aimé Simard | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1968 Quebec City, Canada |
| Died | July 18th 2003 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Other names | "Ace" Simard |
| Occupation | Hell's Angels contract killer turned police informant. |
Aimé Simard was a Canadian contract killer who worked for the Hell's Angels, and for a Hell's Angels puppet club, called the Rockers.[1]
The Rockers operated out of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[2] The Rockers are known as the Nomad Chapter of the Hell's Angels.[3]
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[hide]Simard's Life[edit]
Aimé Simard was born in Quebec City, Canada, and was said to be a strongly built individual, who was known to act as the tough guy.[1] However, although Aimé Simard acted as if he was a straight man, he secretly had a male lover on the side.[2] The relationship was kept quiet because Dany Kane had a wife and two kids at home.[2] The man, Dany Kane, was also a contact killer for the Hell's Angels group and the two were able to work together on a number of occasions.[2] In February 1997, the pair received an order from Nomad David "Wolf" Carroll to travel to Nova Scotia in order to murder another drug dealer, Robert Mcfarlane, who owed the club money.[2] This was Aimé Simard's first murder.[1]
Offence in 1997[edit]
In February 1997 Aimé Simard and Dany Kane drove from Quebec to Nova Scotia in order to murder a drug dealer who owed the club money.[4] The pair were ordered by Nomad David "Wolf" Carroll to kill Robert Mcfarlane.[4] Shortly after the two men gunned down Mcfarlane in an industrial yard, they were arrested for their crime.[4] The government decided to take advantage of this opportunity and transformed Aimé Simard into their personal weapon; as a government witness.[2] Simard decided to accept the betrayed the Rockers and Hell's Angels which made him a target for the Hell's Angels group.[4]
Becoming a Police Informant[edit]
Aimé Simard was facing a sentence of life in prison, so he accepted the police's deal to act as a police informant.[1] Because of the deal he struck, Simard was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 12 years.[1] The police also agreed to grant early parole should Simard continue to cooperate with the police and testify against several other members of the Hell's Angel's gang.[1] By agreeing to this deal and betraying the gang, Simard became a marked man, and Simard expected retaliation from the Hell's Angels group.[1] Simard was quoted saying,"The other prisoners try to pick quarrels with me and I'm up against the correctional services bureaucracy." [1] Because of his fear of retaliation, Simard asked for a new identity as part of his deal.[3] While in prison, Simard was left alone in the general population as a known police informant who betrayed his gang.[3] Simard felt that even though he was a protected witness, his life was being put into danger every day.[3] The police never fulfilled their promise of a new identity.[3]
Death in Prison[edit]
Simard had requested the transfer to Prince Albert Institution in Saskatchewan, Canada only a few months prior to his death in 2003. Simard thought that he would be safer from the Hell's Angels associates in Saskatchewan rather than in British Columbia.[5] Simard reported that he felt like he was a hunted man in prison.[1] On July 18, Aimé Simard was found in his cell suffering from 187 puncture wounds.[1] The attacker sharpened a metal rod thin in order to be used as a weapon. At the time of his death, Simard was scheduled to testify at a trial of another gang member.[1] There was a blood trail which led the investigators to the cell next to Aimé Simard's which belonged to Alvin Starblanket.[5] An inmate told authorities that he had been present at a prison-yard meeting during which Starblanket accepted a $25,000 contract to go after Simard.[6] The inmate reported that Christopher Cluney was present and participated in the murder.[6] Anthony Tawiyaka, the inmate at the Prince Albert Institution, testified that he observed Starblanket and Cluney enter into Simard's cell, and that he saw Simard sit up after he had been stabbed.[4] Alvin Starblanket plead guilty to second-degree murder and was sentences to life without parole for the first 13 years of his sentence.[6] Starblanket's co-accused, Christopher Cluney, who was 33 at the time, was tried for first degree murder, but instead received a charge of second degree murder.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k [The Ottawa Citizen (2001, Dec. 26). “'I feel hunted,' bike gang informer laments: Although confessed killer Aime Simard testified in the 1998 trial of five Montreal Rockers, the bikers went free. Now, he says, his life in prison isn't much better than being dead.” Retrieved January 13th, 2016.]
- ^ a b c d e f [Adam, B. (2008, April 01). Gang Hit Man Stabbed 187 Times in Prison Slaying, Court Told. Retrieved January 9, 2016.]
- ^ a b c d e [Cherry, Paul. (2003, July 23). Bikers linked to inmate's slaying {Retrieved January 13, 2016.]
- ^ a b c d e (Cherry, Paul (2003, July 23rd) "Bikers linked to inmate's slaying" Retrieved January 13, 2016.]
- ^ a b c (The Starpheonix (2008, April 08). "Crown Tries to Link Cluney to Informant's Prison Murder". Retrieved January 13, 2016.]
- ^ a b c (The Montreal Gazette (2008, April 10). "Inmate agreed to kill police informant Simard, ex-prisoner testifies". Retrieved January 13, 2016.]
Gang hit man stabbed 187 times in prison slaying, court told ...
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Prince Albert Daily HeraldApr 1, 2008 - A hit man for a Quebec gang who became a police informant was stabbed 187 times in his prison cell, court heard Monday as one of the men accused of killing him was sentenced. Aime Simard, 35, was found dead in his cell at Saskatchewan Penitentiary, just weeks after being transferred to the institution in July 2003.
Photo shows accused killer with Hells Angels leader
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Apr 3, 2008 - A smiling snapshot of accused killer Christopher Robert Cluney with his arm around the shoulder of notorious Hells Angels leader Maurice "Mom" Boucher, taken at a Quebec prison after Aime Simard was murdered at Saskatchewan Penitentiary in 2003, was entered as evidence.
Aime Simard had been a hitman for the Rock Machine ...
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Apr 4, 2008 - Aime Simard bled to death from wounds sustained in an attack in his penitentiary cell, a pathologist told a first-degree murder trial Thursday.
Parole board grants convicted murderer one-day leave from ...
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National PostJan 29, 2013 - Parole board grants convicted murderer one-day leave from prison to ...Starblanket killed Aime Simard, a former Hells Angels hitman turned ...
2 charged with prison murder (Gangsters Inc's: Mobbed Up Forum ...
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Apr 22, 2007 - 4 posts - 2 authorsTwo men have been charged with the first-degree murder of Aime Joseph Simard, who was stabbed to death at Saskatchewan Penitentiary in ...
Crown argues Sask. inmate killed biker snitch to impress ...
www.ngnews.ca/Justice/2008-04-22/...Hells-Angels/1
The NewsApr 22, 2008 - "He knew there was a price on Aime Simard's head," Ritter told Court of... the gang could still have been responsible for Simard's murder.
The Road to Hell: How the Biker Gangs are Conquering Canada
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Julian Sher, William Marsden - 2010 - True CrimeMiramichi for four murders in New Brunswick. No other bikers were there; ... and one disappearance on the books. Aimé Simard, the killer who turned informer ...
Inmate gets life sentence for prison killing - Saskatchewan ...
www.cbc.ca/.../inmate-gets-life-sentence-for-prison-killing-1.71648...
CBC.caMar 31, 2008 - Aimé Simard, shown in this undated photograph, was stabbed 187 times ... Simard was a confessed contract killer for the Hells Angels who had ...
www.canada.com/story.html?id=d98a432d-09e8-43f9-b785...
Apr 3, 2008 - A smiling snapshot of accused killer Christopher Robert Cluney with his arm around the shoulder of notorious Hells Angels leader Maurice "Mom" Boucher, taken at a Quebec prison after Aime Simard was murdered at Saskatchewan Penitentiary in 2003, was entered as evidence.
Aime Simard had been a hitman for the Rock Machine ...
royalespot.blogspot.com/.../aime-simard-had-been-hitman-for-rock.html
Apr 4, 2008 - Aime Simard bled to death from wounds sustained in an attack in his penitentiary cell, a pathologist told a first-degree murder trial Thursday.
Parole board grants convicted murderer one-day leave from ...
news.nationalpost.com/.../parole-board-grants-convicted-m...
National PostJan 29, 2013 - Parole board grants convicted murderer one-day leave from prison to ...Starblanket killed Aime Simard, a former Hells Angels hitman turned ...
2 charged with prison murder (Gangsters Inc's: Mobbed Up Forum ...
z14.invisionfree.com/GangstersInc/ar/t475.htm
Apr 22, 2007 - 4 posts - 2 authorsTwo men have been charged with the first-degree murder of Aime Joseph Simard, who was stabbed to death at Saskatchewan Penitentiary in ...
Crown argues Sask. inmate killed biker snitch to impress ...
www.ngnews.ca/Justice/2008-04-22/...Hells-Angels/1
The NewsApr 22, 2008 - "He knew there was a price on Aime Simard's head," Ritter told Court of... the gang could still have been responsible for Simard's murder.
The Road to Hell: How the Biker Gangs are Conquering Canada
https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0307365867
Julian Sher, William Marsden - 2010 - True CrimeMiramichi for four murders in New Brunswick. No other bikers were there; ... and one disappearance on the books. Aimé Simard, the killer who turned informer ...
Inmate gets life sentence for prison killing - Saskatchewan ...
www.cbc.ca/.../inmate-gets-life-sentence-for-prison-killing-1.71648...
CBC.caMar 31, 2008 - Aimé Simard, shown in this undated photograph, was stabbed 187 times ... Simard was a confessed contract killer for the Hells Angels who had ...
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