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A drug supplier and money launderer has been found guilty for a second time of first-degree murder for killing a cocaine dealer who was shot twice, had his skull crushed and one of his hands cut off before being buried.
Fadi Saleh was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years after a jury found him guilty Saturday for the 2004 killing of 27-year-old Hussein El-Hajj Hassan.
It was Saleh’s second trial in relation to the killing. He was first found guilty in 2010 and sentenced to life in prison, but the Ontario Court of Appeal overturned the verdict in 2013 and ordered a new trial.
Saleh was first charged with first-degree murder five years after the body of cocaine dealer Hassan was found in a shallow grave in a wooded area off a dead-end road near Panmure Road.
Prosecutors contended El-Hajj Hassan had bought his drugs from Saleh until El-Hajj Hassan grew unsatisfied with the arrangement and tried to cut Saleh out of the deal by going directly to his supplier. Saleh stood to lose between $50,000 and $70,000 a month as a result.
Saleh was one of two men to be convicted of first-degree murder in the killing. Shant Esrabian has also appealed his conviction. A third man, Mark Yegin, was acquitted by a jury of murder but sentenced to prison time for contempt after he refused to testify during the trial of either of his co-accused.
The latest trial was conducted under heavy security, with heavily armed tactical officers stationed outside the courtroom doors and spectators required to sign in and pass through a metal detector before they’d be allowed into the courtroom.
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Fadi Saleh was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years after a jury found him guilty Saturday for the 2004 killing of 27-year-old Hussein El-Hajj Hassan.
It was Saleh’s second trial in relation to the killing. He was first found guilty in 2010 and sentenced to life in prison, but the Ontario Court of Appeal overturned the verdict in 2013 and ordered a new trial.
Saleh was first charged with first-degree murder five years after the body of cocaine dealer Hassan was found in a shallow grave in a wooded area off a dead-end road near Panmure Road.
Prosecutors contended El-Hajj Hassan had bought his drugs from Saleh until El-Hajj Hassan grew unsatisfied with the arrangement and tried to cut Saleh out of the deal by going directly to his supplier. Saleh stood to lose between $50,000 and $70,000 a month as a result.
Saleh was one of two men to be convicted of first-degree murder in the killing. Shant Esrabian has also appealed his conviction. A third man, Mark Yegin, was acquitted by a jury of murder but sentenced to prison time for contempt after he refused to testify during the trial of either of his co-accused.
The latest trial was conducted under heavy security, with heavily armed tactical officers stationed outside the courtroom doors and spectators required to sign in and pass through a metal detector before they’d be allowed into the courtroom.
aseymour@ottawacitizen.com
Twitter.com/andrew_seymour
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