Marcel Demers is a Canadian outlaw biker and gangster who played a major role in the Quebec Biker War.
11 Facts About Marcel Demers
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Marcel Demers was born on March 10,1957, in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
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Renaud Jomphe was unanimously elected president of the Montreal chapter, while Marcel Demers would replace Vezina as president of the Quebec City chapter, until eventually opening the Beauport chapter in late 1996.
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In mid 1996, Marcel Demers, who had been acting president of the Quebec City chapter created a second Rock Machine chapter in the city, it was located in the suburb of Beauport.
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On 23 August 1998, a team of Rock Machine members led by Fred Faucher, included hitman Gerald Gallant and Marcel Demers, they rode by on their motorcycles and gunned down Paolo Cotroni in his driveway.
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On October 15,2000, Marcel Demers and Fred Faucher were removed from the Le Bristo Plus bar on Saint-Jean street in Quebec City.
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Police reported that Marcel Demers arrest was due to is involvement in, what authorities dubbed a "narcotics empire", stating he along with Faucher had been responsible for the bombing of the bunker and several other incidents between 1994 and 2000.
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Marcel Demers pled guilty to 17 charges in relation to the trafficking of narcotics and was sentenced to 9 years in prison on 11 May 2001.
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On March 26,2009, Marcel Demers would be caught up in Operation Player which saw the arrest of eleven people after hitman Gerald Gallant became a Crown informant.
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Information revealed by Gerald Gallant led the courts to declare that Marcel Demers was "accused of committing or sanctioning 12 murders and 5 attempted murders perpetrated between 1996 and 2000".
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In January 2013, Marcel Demers avoided going to trial over the Gallant murders; he pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of conspiracy to commit murder and he was given 11 years in prison, with his total sentence stemming from the Quebec Biker War resulting in being 20 years, seven and a half years of provisional time were subtracted.