Saskatchewan man found guilty of killing ex-girlfriend loses appeal
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Joseph “David” Caissie was sentenced to life in prison in January 2019 with no chance of parole for 25 years for first-degree murder and offering an indignity to a body.
A Saskatchewan man found guilty of first degree murder of Carol King had his appeal dismissed on Thursday.
Joseph “David” Caissie was sentenced to life in prison in January 2019 with no chance of parole for 25 years for first-degree murder and offering an indignity to a body.
King was killed in August 2011 outside of Herschel, Sask.
Caissie was the target of an elaborate Mr. Big sting in 2016 — a technique developed by Canadian law enforcement in which undercover officers pose as criminals to get a suspect to confess to a prior crime or crimes while promising a lucrative life with their fictional gang or criminal organization.
Undercover agents ran the operation from Jan. 20, 2016, to July 19, 2016, and had 49 encounters with Caissie.
Caissie’s lawyer filed an appeal of Justice Richard Danyliuk’s decision in February 2019, claiming he made a number of mistakes including allowing Mr. Big statements to be allowed as evidence.
The appeal decision said Caissie’s convictions are based primarily on his confessions that he killed King, which were derived from the Mr. Big operation.
King went missing on August 6, 2011 and her car was found later partly submerged in a slough near Herschel.