Victim’s voice heard during double-murder trial in Moncton

The double-murder trial in Moncton heard phone recordings on Thursday.

The voice of one of the victims was heard in court at the Janson Baker double-murder trial Thursday.

Court heard details about the days leading up to the murders of Rose-Marie and Bernard Saulnier on Sept. 7, 2019.

Baker has pleaded not guilty to two counts of first degree murder in their deaths.

A massive police operation on Aug. 28, 2019, saw drug raids conducted at several homes across New Brunswick.

Jesse Logue was arrested as part of those raids that took place ten days before the murders of the Saulniers.

Logue was charged with two counts of drug possession for the purpose of trafficking.

Const. Marc LeBreton, an RCMP intelligence officer who listened to jail cell conversations between Logue and others, was cross examined on Thursday.

The calls were made from the Southeast Regional Correctional Centre in Shediac where Logue was incarcerated.

During his cross examination, a call between Logue and Bernard Saulnier was heard.

The conversation was about Bernard’s son Sylvio and took place just two days before the Saulniers were murdered.

Friends and family of the Saulniers sat motionless as the phone recording was played.

A publication ban does not allow specific details of those calls to be reported.

Court previously heard that Sylvio Saulnier was involved in the drug trade and was the owner of a downtown Moncton duplex that was raided on Aug. 28, 2019.

The jury was told earlier in the trial that Sylvio Saulnier’s associates, including Logue, believed he was a police informant.

A civilian member of the RCMP who analyzed thousands of Facebook messages between Logue’s associates testified.

“We’re talking about tens of thousands of messages,” said Lianne Sobey, an analyst assigned to the Saulnier investigation in 2020.

Saulnier read dozens of messages from Monique Boyer, Logue’s girlfriend, and his associates Nick Bain and Chris Lennon.

Boyer, Lennon and Bain’s names have come up numerous times during the trial.

Dozens of messages between Lennon and Bain regarding the drug raids and Logue’s arrest were read aloud in court.

The trial is scheduled to resume on Monday and is expected to conclude at the end of March.

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