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Nicholas Bain has been deemed fit to stand trial in a murder conspiracy case in Moncton.
Bain, 30, is accused of plotting to kill Sylvio Saulnier, the son of Rose-Marie and Bernard Saulnier, who were killed in their Dieppe home in 2019.
Earlier this year, a jury found Janson Baker guilty of the murders.
Bain, along with Baker and three others, were charged with conspiracy to kill Sylvio Saulnier in 2025. Saulnier died by suicide in 2023.
Crown prosecutor Marc-André Desjardins told Judge Luc Labonté on Monday that Bain’s third psychiatric evaluation determined he is fit for trial.
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Man accused of murder conspiracy deemed fit to stand trial in Moncton
Nicholas Bain is one of five people accused of plotting to kill Sylvio Saulnier, whose parents were murdered in Dieppe. A third psychiatric evaluation found he is fit for trial.
Bain’s latest psychiatric evaluation at the Restigouche Hospital Centre in Campbellton was to determine whether he was not criminally responsible for allegedly conspiring to kill Saulnier.
The court heard earlier that Bain was not co-operative with a prior evaluation, and that doctors could not determine his fitness level.
In court Monday, Desjardins did not disclose details about the results of Bain’s latest evaluation.
Bain, who appeared in person in the prisoner’s box with papers in his cuffed hands, stood up and asked to speak with duty counsel.
He later told Labonté that he agreed with the Crown’s submissions on his evaluation, and that he wants all of the disclosure in his case given to him in paper form.
“That’s really my only requirement,” Bain said in French.
Desjardins said there is a significant amount of disclosure. The estimate came to more than 1,000 gigabytes worth of digital files.
Bain, who is still without a lawyer, insisted it be done before the case proceeds.
Desjardins said the Crown would provide as much of it as possible before his next court appearance. He also said he would get Bain a form to apply for legal aid.
Labonté set Bain’s next appearance for Wednesday. The co-accused in the conspiracy case, Janson Bryan Baker, Jesse Todd Logue, Monique Alicia Boyer and Christopher Allen Lennon, are also to appear then.