deadmonton 2005 - nina courtepatte - briscoe-laboucan trial - february 13th, 2007

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Nina Louise Courtepatte, 13, died from blunt force trauma on April 3rd, 2005.


Charged with first-degree murder, kidnapping and aggravated sexual assault were Michael Erin Briscoe, now 36, Joseph Wesley Laboucan, now 21, and three teens not identified by provision of the Youth Criminal Justice Act.


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On the second day of the voir dire – a trial within the trial to determine admissibility of evidence – the court saw more of the videotape showing the RCMP interviewing Joseph Laboucan on April 5th, 2005.


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On the video, Laboucan said he was willing to take a lie detector test to prove he was not a murderer.


He told RCMP Const. Rob Kropp that his "nerve-ends are fried" and that he didn't feel heat, cold or pain.


The details of his sensitivity came up as Laboucan was asked about scratches on his arm.


Laboucan said they came from an ex-girlfriend who was into rough sex.


"Yeah, my ex-girlfriend was real big into S & M and stuff like that."


"Oh yeah?" asked Kropp.


"Yeah. The whole chains and whips and stuff like that," said Laboucan, adding pain "doesn't bother" him.


He told Kropp he was thinking about "getting hooks one day." Laboucan was referring to implanted sex tools.


"Hooks?"


"Yeah. For hanging," explained Laboucan.


"Geez, that's pretty, uh, pretty nervy," the officer replied.


During the interview, Laboucan said he wasn't capable of killing.


"Kill somebody? No. I've never actually taken a person's life," said Laboucan.


"I've kicked a lotta people's asses before, like you know, through my work, but I've never, ever taken a person's life. Okay? And I mean that honestly."


Laboucan was referring to his claim that he worked as an enforcer for a gang boss he called Lorenzo.


At issue in the voir dire hearing was whether Laboucan's statements would be admissible as evidence.


Laboucan's defence lawyers were arguing his Charter rights were violated in the recorded session.



The voir dire hearing continued February 14th, 2007



A list of persons named in this case can be found at the bottom of the main Briscoe-Laboucan trial page.