Trial hears tapes of undercover police sting targeting accused murderer Greg Fertuck
CBC
Undercover Saskatchewan RCMP officers went to great lengths to befriend and maintain their cover with accused murderer Greg Fertuck, the man's continuing trial heard Thursday.
Fertuck is accused of killing his estranged wife Sheree and dumping her body, which has never been found.
He was charged with first-degree murder in June 2019 after he disclosed to officers posing as criminals that he shot Sheree twice and then dumped her body in a rural area near Kenaston, about 180 km northwest of Regina.
For days, the judge-only trial has been hearing testimony from two of the officers involved in the so-called Mr. Big sting.
But on Monday, the courtroom finally heard tape of Fertuck's interactions with officers.
In the first tape, dated Oct. 16, 2018 — more than two years after the December 2015 day when Sheree disappeared — an officer posing as a criminal spoke to Fertuck about the company he worked for. He told Fertuck the operation had both a legitimate side hauling cars and another, far more lucrative "side of the house."
"Nothing with drugs," the officer added.