Paul Cherry
montrealgazette.com
Dayle Fredette (far left), seen in this 2000 photo, was a member of the Hells Angels' Quebec City chapter.
John Mahoney , Gazette files
A Hells Angels member arrested in Operation SharQc was rushed into the Montreal courthouse with a police escort Thursday morning, where it was confirmed he has turned informant on the members of his former gang.
Dayle Fredette, a member of the gang's Quebec City chapter, pleaded guilty to two counts filed against him in the police investigation, which resulted in the arrests of nearly every member of the gang in 2009.
Fredette pleaded guilty to a murder charge in which he'll receive a life sentence with no chance at parole for 25 years.
As part of a contract he signed with the prosecution, he will testify against the Hells Angels in coming trials.
He will receive $50 per month while in prison but the contract includes payments that will go toward his children and their education until they are adults.
Reports that Fredette had turned informant emerged in September. Prosecutor Sabin Ouellet said Fredette approached authorities recently and said he was willing to help police. The prosecutor said his contract was finalized and signed on Feb. 8.
Fredette admitted to taking part in the murder of Dany Beaudin, a man who was killed outside a drug rehab centre in St. Frederic, a town in the Beauce region.
In exchange, he was granted immunity from being prosecuted in five other murders carried out for the Hells Angels. The includes the murder of Robert (Tout Tout) Leger, a leader in the Rock Machine, who was killed in Sainte Catherine de Hatley on Aug. 12, 2001.
Also included in his contract is an agreement that he will be paid $500 per week for a period of two years after he is granted parole. Because he was able to plead guilty to one count of murder Fredette may be eligible to seek a release after serving only 15 years through the so-called faint-hope clause. He would have to appear before a jury in 15 years to convince the people on it that he no longer represents a danger to the public.
Each of Fredette's children will receive a maximum of $3,500 for their post secondary studies when they are older.
The Sûreté du Québec will also pay to provide protection to "Fredette, his loved ones or dependants" who might be the target of organized crime groups, the contract states. It makes no mention of how much this might cost.
