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Helmut Berndt, 73, filed formal notice to withdraw his sentence and conviction appeal Friday.

Helmut Berndt sentenced to 14 years after jury convicted him of five sexual offences against his three children beginning in the mid-1980s.

An Alberta man accused of murdering two Métis hunters at a rural crossroads two years ago destroyed his gun and threw it in a dump after the shooting, he…

Two counts of sexual assault charges have been withdrawn against the former CEO of Fort McKay Métis Group.

In April, a jury found Helmut Berndt, 73, guilty on five sex-related charges involving his two daughters and one son. The Crown is seeking a 15-year prison term. The defence wants no more than eight years. Berndt will be sentenced June 9.

Helmut Berndt 73 sentencing hearing Friday, weeks after jury found him guilty of five sex crimes against his children between 1986 and 1998.

A jury has found a man guilty of second-degree murder and manslaughter in the shooting of two Metis hunters on a rural road in Alberta. They also found the mans father guilty of two counts of manslaughter.

Lawyers for Anthony Bilodeau and his father Roger Bilodeau had argued the shooting was in self-defence

Crown argued the accused, Anthony and Roger Bilodeau, took the law into their own hands

Crown argued the accused, Anthony and Roger Bilodeau, took the law into their own hands