JURY BEGINS WORK IN PQ ELECTION NIGHT DEATH OF STAGEHAND

The fate of Richard Henry Bain is in the hands of a jury. Superior Court Justice Guy Cournoyer completed his charge late Friday and 12 jurors were to begin their deliberations Saturday morning. They will have to render verdicts on four charges — one of first-degree murder in the slaying of stagehand Denis Blanchette and three of attempted murder. Cournoyer told jurors that central to the case is Bain’s mental condition. The accused’s lawyer has said he was mentally ill the night of the shooting.