Deny, deny, deny: Court hears undercover tapes in Tina Fontaine murder case – CP

Source: The Canadian Press
Feb 14, 2018

WINNIPEG _ The man accused of killing Tina Fontaine told an undercover officer there are three rules in crime: deny, deny, deny.

Raymond Cormier, who is 55, is on trial for second-degree murder in the death of the 15-year-old Indigenous girl whose body was found wrapped in a duvet filled with rocks in the Red River in August 2014.

Court heard that Cormier was given a free apartment in Winnipeg and it had been bugged by police.

The undercover officer moved into a suite on the same floor and became friends with Cormier over about six months.

In recorded audio played in court, Cormier told the undercover officer he wanted to have sex with Tina the first time he met her.

Cormier also said he regretted telling Tina to jump off a bridge when they got in a fight over her bike.

Court previously heard Cormier told police in a videotaped interview two months after Tina’s death that he and Tina did indeed argue over the bike.

He said Tina was angry because he had sold her bicycle for drugs, they fought in the street and he walked away.

He said he returned to the house and never saw her again.

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