Shooter intended to kill RCMP who entered Coquitlam condo, B.C. murder trial told

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Pallbearers carry RCMP Const. Rick O'Brien's casket into a regimental funeral in Langley, B.C., on Wednesday, October 4, 2023. O'Brien, 51, was killed last month while executing a search warrant at a home in Coquitlam.Photo by DARRYL DYCK Darryl Dyck /THE CANADIAN PRESS
Const. Rick O'Brien is honoured at a regimental funeral at the Langley Event Centre in Langley, BC., October 4, 2023.Photo by Arlen Redekop /PNG
Const. Rick O'Brien is honoured at a regimental funeral at the Langley Event Centre in Langley, BC., October 4, 2023.Photo by Arlen Redekop /PNG
Const. Rick O'Brien is honoured at a regimental funeral at the Langley Event Centre in Langley, BC., October 4, 2023.Photo by Arlen Redekop /PNG
Const. Rick O'Brien is honoured at a regimental funeral at the Langley Event Centre in Langley, BC., October 4, 2023.(Arlen Redekop / Postmedia staff photo) (Story by reporter) [PNG Merlin Archive]Photo by Arlen Redekop /PNG
Const. Rick O'Brien is honoured at a regimental funeral at the Langley Event Centre in Langley, BC., October 4, 2023.(Arlen Redekop / Postmedia staff photo) (Story by reporter) [PNG Merlin Archive]Photo by Arlen Redekop /PNG
Const. Rick O'Brien is honoured at a regimental funeral at the Langley Event Centre in Langley, BC., October 4, 2023.(Arlen Redekop / Postmedia staff photo) (Story by reporter) [PNG Merlin Archive]Photo by Arlen Redekop /PNG
Approximately 5000 RCMP, police, military and emergency services personnel attend the funeral for slain RCMP member Const. Rick O'Brien, at the Langley Events Centre in Langley, BC Wednesday, October 4, 2023.Photo by Jason Payne /PNG
Approximately 5000 RCMP, police, military and emergency services personnel attend the funeral for slain RCMP member Const. Rick O'Brien, at the Langley Events Centre in Langley, BC Wednesday, October 4, 2023.O'Brien was shot and killed while on serving a search warrant in Coquitlam, BC September 22. (Photo by Jason Payne/ PNG) (For story by reporters) [PNG Merlin Archive]Photo by Jason Payne /PNG
Approximately 5000 RCMP, police, military and emergency services personnel attend the funeral for slain RCMP member Const. Rick O'Brien, at the Langley Events Centre in Langley, BC Wednesday, October 4, 2023.O'Brien was shot and killed while on serving a search warrant in Coquitlam, BC September 22. (Photo by Jason Payne/ PNG) (For story by reporters) [PNG Merlin Archive]Photo by Jason Payne /PNG
Approximately 5000 RCMP, police, military and emergency services personnel attend the funeral for slain RCMP member Const. Rick O'Brien, at the Langley Events Centre in Langley, BC Wednesday, October 4, 2023.O'Brien was shot and killed while on serving a search warrant in Coquitlam, BC September 22. (Photo by Jason Payne/ PNG) (For story by reporters) [PNG Merlin Archive]Photo by Jason Payne /PNG
Approximately 5000 RCMP, police, military and emergency services personnel attend the funeral for slain RCMP member Const. Rick O'Brien, at the Langley Events Centre in Langley, BC Wednesday, October 4, 2023.O'Brien was shot and killed while on serving a search warrant in Coquitlam, BC September 22. (Photo by Jason Payne/ PNG) (For story by reporters) [PNG Merlin Archive]Photo by Jason Payne /PNG
Approximately 5000 RCMP, police, military and emergency services personnel attend the funeral for slain RCMP member Const. Rick O'Brien, at the Langley Events Centre in Langley, BC Wednesday, October 4, 2023.O'Brien was shot and killed while on serving a search warrant in Coquitlam, BC September 22. (Photo by Jason Payne/ PNG) (For story by reporters) [PNG Merlin Archive]Photo by Jason Payne /PNG
Approximately 5000 RCMP, police, military and emergency services personnel attend the funeral for slain RCMP member Const. Rick O'Brien, at the Langley Events Centre in Langley, BC Wednesday, October 4, 2023.O'Brien was shot and killed while on serving a search warrant in Coquitlam, BC September 22. (Photo by Jason Payne/ PNG) (For story by reporters) [PNG Merlin Archive]Photo by Jason Payne /PNG
Approximately 5000 RCMP, police, military and emergency services personnel attend the funeral for slain RCMP member Const. Rick O'Brien, at the Langley Events Centre in Langley, BC Wednesday, October 4, 2023.Photo by Arlen Redekop /PNG
Approximately 5000 RCMP, police, military and emergency services personnel attend the funeral for slain RCMP member Const. Rick O'Brien, at the Langley Events Centre in Langley, BC Wednesday, October 4, 2023.Photo by Arlen Redekop /PNG
RCMP officers march beside a hearse carrying RCMP Const. Rick O'Brien's casket to a regimental funeral in Langley, B.C., on Wednesday, October 4, 2023. O'Brien, 51, was killed last month while executing a search warrant at a home in Coquitlam.Photo by DARRYL DYCK Darryl Dyck /THE CANADIAN PRESS
Pallbearers carry RCMP Const. Rick O'Brien's casket into a regimental funeral in Langley, B.C., on Wednesday, October 4, 2023. O'Brien, 51, was killed last month while executing a search warrant at a home in Coquitlam.Photo by DARRYL DYCK Darryl Dyck /THE CANADIAN PRESS
An RCMP officer wipes tears during a regimental funeral for RCMP Const. Rick O'Brien in Langley, B.C., on Wednesday, October 4, 2023. O'Brien, 51, was killed last month while executing a search warrant at a home in Coquitlam.Photo by DARRYL DYCK Darryl Dyck /THE CANADIAN PRESS
RCMP Const. Rick O'Brien's stetson rests on his casket during a regimental funeral in Langley, B.C., on Wednesday, October 4, 2023. O'Brien, 51, was killed last month while executing a search warrant at a home in Coquitlam.Photo by DARRYL DYCK Darryl Dyck /THE CANADIAN PRESS
Ridge Meadows RCMP Const. Rick O'Brien received a medal of valour along with several other officers shortly after joining the national force in 2016. (Also pictured are Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General Mike Farnworth and former lieutenant governor Judith Guichon.)Photo by Government of B.C

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Bellemare’s lawyer will say they’re unreliable witnesses because they’re police and there were inconsistencies between their testimonies, Flannigan said. But he said inconsistencies are inevitable and that proves they weren’t colluding and that “you don’t have to resolve every inconsistency to accept the witnesses’ evidence.”

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He also said Bellemare’s “spontaneous utterances” are relevant to his intent. When the officers say they want to take their shot colleague from the suite, he says, “Your member is dead, there’s a hole in his head” or “He’s dead, he has a hole in his head.”

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And while being arrested by Const. Amber Carlson, he tells her to “f— off.”

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She then asks him, “How could you possibly shoot a police officer, didn’t you hear us” or “didn’t you hear us say police,” and he says “no.”

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She then gives him the standard police warning and he again tells her to “f— off,” said Flannigan.

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His “no” answer shouldn’t raise doubt about whether he knew O’Brien was an officer “when you take into account that it’s between two belligerent f— offs.”

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“So, when, if you accept that he said he didn’t hear they were police, when you look at all the evidence, you can reject that,” he said. “It does not raise a reasonable doubt.”

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Flannigan also said he dismisses any possible defence suggestions that the shootings were accidental or that Bellemare was affected by intoxication or any mental illness.

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