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Quebec Guard Faces Manslaughter Charge Over 2022 Jail Death

Released on a promise to appear in August, the former guard awaits trial with a stalled coroner inquiry alongside an unfinished administrative review of the Bordeaux jail incident.

People attend a vigil in memory of Nicous D'Andre Spring in Montreal, Friday, Dec. 30, 2022. Spring died in hospital after reportedly suffering injuries on Saturday, Dec. 24, at the Bordeaux provincial jail. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
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Family members of Nicous D'Andre Spring attend a vigil in his memory in Montreal, Friday, Dec. 30, 2022. The family of a Montreal man who died after an altercation with guards at a detention centre while unlawfully detained is demanding an inquiry into his death. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes

Overview

  • Quebec Provincial Police arrested 54-year-old former guard Sébastien Bossé on July 11 and charged him with manslaughter in the death of Nicous D’André Spring.
  • Spring died on December 24, 2022, after guards at Montreal’s Bordeaux jail used a spit hood and twice pepper-sprayed him while he was unlawfully detained.
  • Quebec’s Public Security Department ruled that Spring’s detention was illegal because he had been ordered released a day earlier.
  • Spring’s family and advocacy groups have called for a public inquiry into systemic racism in the provincial detention system since early 2023.
  • A coroner-led public investigation and the province’s administrative review into the incident remain pending ahead of Bossé’s next court appearance on August 22, 2025.