Codiac RCMP officer guilty of assaulting man whose hands and feet were cuffed

Katelin Belliveau · CBC News

· Posted: Mar 12, 2025 2:21 PM EDT | Last Updated: 9 minutes ago

A Codiac RCMP serviceman has been found blameworthy of battle causing bodily harm of a antheral successful handcuffs and limb shackles at a constabulary station.

Some of Const. Billy Michel Parent-Roy's actions were unjustified and exhibited excessive force, Judge Ronald LeBlanc said in Moncton's provincial court connected Wednesday.

The decision comes astir 3 years aft the incidental successful question.

On June 29, 2022, Parent-Roy was progressive successful an altercation that took spot portion detaining Craig Hachey.

Hachey was arrested nether the Intoxicated Persons Dentention Act successful Moncton and was aboriginal held astatine the Shediac Police Station. A 2022 property merchandise by the RCMP stated that Hachey was "agitated and aggressive" during the process.

In court, LeBlanc said helium viewed information footage captured astatine the constabulary station, which allowed him to see Parent-Roy's actions without sound.

He said the officer appeared to use physical unit connected Hachey respective times successful the minutes that it took for him and 3 different officers to determination Hachey from a constabulary car to a holding cell.

LeBlanc said the Parent-Roy could beryllium seen punching Hachey repeatedly successful the back, kneeing him successful the chest, holding his cervix with 1 hand, and lasting on his calves for a abbreviated clip portion Hachey was connected the ground.

As the judge went done his knowing of Parent-Roy's usage of force, helium utilized words specified arsenic "illogical" and "in nary mode necessary" successful French. 

He besides said, "Police officers bash not person unlimited powerfulness to instigate injuries onto a person."

He did, however, deem Parent-Roy's action justifiable erstwhile helium held Hachey's cervix with 1 manus and appeared to talk with him during the altercation.

Other factors besides weighed into the blameworthy verdict, LeBlanc said.

He reminded the tribunal that Hachey's hands and ankles were handcuffed during the incident, that determination were 3 different officers connected tract to assistance detain him, that they were successful a harmless abstraction astatine the time and that determination was nary property for time.

The justice besides referred to photos provided by the victim's brother, Corey Hachey, showing lesions connected Hachey's assemblage and a fractured rib and elbow. His member had besides noted that Hachey suffered a achromatic eye, had swollen hands, and cuts connected his ankles and wrists.

"I americium besides persuaded that — except the injuries to his ankles and wrists — the injuries suffered by Craig Hachey were a results of the blows and the unit perpetrated by the accused, Parent-Roy," LeBlanc said.

This, contempt a 2022 property merchandise by the RCMP following the incidental which stated, "No injuries were reported by the antheral successful custody."

A period later, New Brunswick RCMP requested the Nova Scotia Serious Response Team analyse the incident. As a result, Parent-Roy was placed connected administrative leave, effective Aug. 4, 2022.

Charges were laid little than a year aboriginal successful March 2023.

A tribunal day for sentencing has been acceptable for June 19, 2025. Parent-Roy remains escaped until sentencing erstwhile helium volition get a accidental to code the court.

Outside the courtroom, Parent-Roy's lawyer, Gilles Lemieux, said successful French that his lawsuit was "disappointed."