A man from Edmonton who was convicted of manslaughter after confessing to secret officers that he attacked his six-month-old son was sentenced to 12 1/2 years in prison on Thursday.
Christopher Lamarche, 27, was originally charged with second-degree murder.
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His son, Jarock Humeniuk, was found dead in a cradle in May 2017 with a broken collarbone and damage to his brain and ribs.
An undated photo of Jarock Humeniuk.
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Judge Sterling Sanderman of Edmonton Court of Queen’s Bench told the court Lamarche had about 8 1/2 years left in his sentence because of the time he had already spent in custody.
Lamarche is also banned from owning a firearm for 10 years.
Sanderman said Lamarche confessed to secret officers two years after Jarock’s death that he was frustrated at his inability to stop his son’s crying and assaulted him.
That confession came during a mr. Big-stitch: a tactic used by law enforcement to get suspects to confess to major crimes such as murder.
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During a Mr. Big operation will make secret officers pose as members of a criminal organization. Over time, the suspect is asked and paid to do tasks for the fictional gang as the officers slowly and secretly gain the person’s trust.
In most Mr. Large stitches will lead these encounters to an encounter with the crime organization’s boss.
At that point, the suspect is asked to confess to anything that might require a cover-up and in return they will be allowed to join and receive protection from the criminal organization.
During the trial, the court heard that Lamarche admitted to the secret officers that he choked, bent and shook baby Jarock – at one point he even re-enacted what happened.
– with files by Meaghan Craig, Karen Bartko and Sarah Ryan, Global News
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