The Quebec Court of Appeal refuses to interfere in the debate over the confiscation of the Hells Angels hideout in Sherbrooke.
In a judgment rendered on Monday, the three judges indicated that they did not have jurisdiction and invited the appellants to follow the procedure provided by law.
In September 2017, Justice Carol Cohen of the Superior Court of Quebec ordered the confiscation of the Hells Angels hideout in Sherbrooke and surrounding lands as offending property. The entire confiscated item includes five land lots.
The number company owning the bunker on Wellington Street South, as well as its shareholders and administrators, attempted to appeal this decision to the Court of Appeal, but it has just rejected the motion. Justices Allan R. Hilton, Martin Vauclair and Michel Beaupré concluded that the appellants are considered by law to be third parties interested in the property in issue and that they do not have a right of appeal at this stage. confiscation.
The Court of Appeal stated that the shareholders and directors of the company owning the bunker , Richard Rousseau, Guy Auclair and Georges Beaulieu, identified as members in good standing of the Hells Angels, must submit a written request directly to Judge Cohen who ordered confiscation if they believe that the property seized should be returned to them.
The three judges point out that the appellants never attempted to provide the required proof of their right to recover the confiscated property. They even said they did not want to add any additional evidence to that effect, writes the Court of Appeal.
If no interested third party succeeds in demonstrating the validity of its right over the confiscated properties, the Attorney General of Quebec, and therefore the State, will inherit it.
Source: Radio-Canada