| Pascal Conway |
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| Pascal Conway, born in the mid-1970s, reportedly became a member of the Rock Machine/Bandido’s Montreal Chapter at some point in the late 1990s. On January 12, 2000, two men entered the Bar Adulte on l’Eglise Street and began to argue with Gilles Nolet and Normand Barolet. One of the men produced a firearm and fired at least five shots. Nolet was struck in the heart, while Barolet was hit in the head. The doorman tried to intervene and was struck with a pool stick. The two men then fled the scene. Arrest warrants were soon issued for Pascal Conway and Jimmy Larivée, a reputed Rock Machine associate and one-time driver for Rock Machine Tony Plescio. |
| Larivée turned himself in to authorities on March 12, while Conway gave himself up in May. He appeared in court, where he pleaded not guilty to the premeditated murders of Nolet and Barolet. On January 3, 2001, Larivée, who had since switched sides and become associated with the Hells Angels, pleaded guilty to aggravated assault. Larivée, who had allegedly hit the bar’s doorman with a pool stick to prevent him from interfering, would receive a three years probation for the incident. Conway’s trial started on three months later. According to the prosecutor, Conway was the man who shot and killed Nolet and Barolet on January 12, 2000. At some point during the trial, Rock Machine leader-turned-government-informer Peter Paradis took the stand. Paradis said he knew Gilles Nolet, who he described as a cocaine user and jewel thief. In 1998, Paradis testified, Nolet told him he knew a Colombian who was selling cocaine at a good price. Paradis forked over $15,000 and sent an underling with Nolet to complete a transaction. The coke turned out to be practically worthless and a furious Paradis told Nolet he was now responsible to reimburse the $15,000. About a year later, Paradis continued, he still hadn’t been repaid. Paradis met with Conway and offered him a job: for every $1,000 Conway collected from Nolet, he could keep $300. On May 8, 2001, Conway was found guilty of both murders and sentenced to 13 years in prison without the possibility of parole. |