Cops accused Richard Bain of faking health issues during interrogation

Over the course of his four-hour interrogation, Richard Bainfirstducked police questions, then cried out for an ambulance, before finallycollapsing to the floor.

The detective present remained unmoved:"Stop faking," he tells Bain.

Video of the interrogation, which took place two days after the deadly 2012 election-night shooting,was played Wednesday for the jury in Bain'sfirst-degree murder trial.

After the video ended, Bain told the court hehad "sorrow ...forall of the victims."

Richard Bain was interrogated for a second time two days after the 2012 shooting.

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Over the course of his four-hour interrogation, Richard Bain first ducked police questions, then cried out for an ambulance, before finally collapsing to the floor.

But he also told the jury hebelievespolice went too far in the interrogation.

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"I felt myconstitutional right to silence had not been respected," he testified.

Bain is accused of first-degree murder for the death of Denis Blanchette, who was shot and killed outside the Parti Qubcois' victory party on Sept. 4, 2012. His lawyer is arguing he's not criminally responsible because of a mental disorder.

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During the interrogation,Sgt-Det.DanielPrieurquestions Bainabout his motives,asking if he was trying to defend the rights of anglophones, or if it was just arandom attack.

In the video,Bainsays several timesthat he wishes to exercisehis right to remain silent.

"Iwon't say anything else. Not a word. You have to understand where I'm coming from. It's finished. I'm sorry. I'm sorry if this seems disrespectful," Bainsays to the detective.

'Call an ambulance! My chest!'

But Prieurpresses on, asking Bain how he's supposed to explain to the family of the victim, and his four-year-old daughter, that Blanchette died for no reason.

Eventually, Bain, with his head on the table, starts to cry out.

"Ow,Ow! ... Call an ambulance," he shouts through sobbing. "Call an ambulance! My chest!"

Prieuranswers, "Richard, calm down. It's over."

He reminds Bain that he was just released from the Royal Victoria Hospital that morning, with a clean bill of health.

Bain's first interrogation with police, which took place the morningafter the shooting, ended when he was taken away in an ambulance after complaining of pain.

"Your heart was checked yesterday," Prieursays toBain in the second interrogation. "Everything was ok."

The detective eventually leaves, and Bain slowly tumbles to the floor of the interrogation room.

Richard Bain's first interrogation with police

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A police detective asks Richard Bain if he understands what it means to be charged with murder and attempted murder.

'Stop faking'

Another police officer enters the room and tells Bain to get up.

"You can stop faking. It's over," the officer says to a silent Bain.

After a lot of coaxing from police, Bain eventually gets up off the floorand walks out of the room unaided.

When the video ended, defence lawyer Alan Guttman asked Bain what he thought of the police officer's suggestion that he was faking it.

Bain testified thatit was a "load of BS."

He told the jury that he was on the ground in the fetal position because he passed outfrom severestress.

The judge has instructed the jury that anything said by policeduring theinterrogation is not to be considered as evidence.

The trial is expected to last until the end of July.