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On March 18, 2000, Caroline Veilleux decided to steal cocaine from the residence of the Applicant, François Binette, a member of the Hell's Angels. She put on a bulletproof vest and convinced Mélanie Boucher and Linda Gaboury to go with her. That same evening, Caroline Veilleux and the Applicant spoke on the telephone a few times. At 2:00 a.m., Caroline Veilleux went to her mother's home and, to explain why she was wearing a bulletproof vest, she told her mother that [translation] "François [Binette] told me that if I went out, he was going to get me". The Applicant telephoned Éric Lévesque, then went to Lévesque's residence to meet Georges Duchesneau and Ben Gaudreault-Durette, who were also affiliated with the Hell's Angels. While he was there, the Applicant mentioned that he had been arguing with Caroline Veilleux and that she was with Rino Girard, a member of the Rock Machine. According to the Applicant, Rino Girard was at the residence of Caroline Veilleux, who was living with her mother. They all agreed to go settle the score with Rino Girard. The Applicant was carrying a loaded firearm [translation] "to back up his comrades in case the other guy was armed". When Caroline Veilleux left her mother's residence and crossed the street to join her friends, who were in a car, a white Jeep moved toward the vehicle. Three shots were fired, killing Caroline Veilleux and wounding Mélanie Boucher. At trial, it was admitted that Yvon Labbé, the Jeep's passenger, had fired the shots. In the course of the trial, the defence focussed its attack on the evidence of identity to the effect that the Applicant was the Jeep's driver.