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Conspiracy of Brothers

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DID THE LAW EXACT JUSTICE — OR REVENGE?

Investigative reporter Mick Lowe here presents one of the most fascinating and shocking true crime stories — an account brimming with violence, passions, and stunning revelations. It began on the night of October 18, 1978. Small-town biker Bill Matiyek was having a drink in a Port Hope, Ontario, bar. A gunman suddenly walked up and fired three shots point-blank into his head. Members of the motorcycle gang Satan's Choice, who were in the bar, quickly vanished.

Was the murder a cold-blooded gangland-style execution as the Crown Attorney and police believed? Or was it, as the defense argued, the impulsive act of a single gunman? Were the convictions of the bikers the result of persistent police work — or a police frame-up? Did the bikers conspire to murder — or did the law conspire to convict them at any cost?

Six bikers were sentenced to ninety years in prison, but many mysteries remain and many provocative questions are still unanswered, including: Who really killed Bill Matiyek? And why?

  • Format
  • unbound
  • Pages
  • 454
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780770423049
  • Release date
  • 1989