Judge finds Saskatchewan Mountie who shot lover guilty of manslaughter
CTV
A judge has found a former Saskatchewan Mountie guilty of manslaughter in the shooting death of his lover.
A former RCMP officer has been found guilty of the lesser offence of manslaughter in the shooting death of his lover.
Bernie Herman, 55, pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the shooting death of Braden Herman. The two were not related.
In May 2021, the 26-year-old's naked body was found in a park on the outskirts of Prince Albert, Sask. Braden had a fatal gunshot wound to his chest.
Herman was in uniform at the time of the killing. Braden was killed by Herman's RCMP service weapon — according to a statement of facts, introduced during the trial.
As the judge read his decision, members of the gallery gasped.
"This is not justice," June Hanson, a friend of Braden's, told reporters after the ruling.
