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Man found guilty of 2nd-degree murder in 2013 death of Gatineau woman

A Gatineau handyman has been found guilty of second-degree murder in the 2013 death of a woman whose home he was renovating.

Patrick Dussault was hired to renovate the home of victim Diane Lahaie

A court sketch of a bald man with glasses, drawn from the side.
Patrick Dussault was renovating Diane Lahaie's home on Rue de Gaspé at the time of her death. (Laurie Foster-MacLeod/CBC)

A Gatineau handyman has been found guilty of second-degree murder in the 2013 death of a woman whose home he was renovating.

Diane Lahaie's body was found in her burned-out home on Rue de Gaspé in Gatineau on July 27, 2013.

Diane Lahaie's body was found in her burned-out home on rue de Gaspé on July 27, 2013. (CBC)
Police said the 64-year-old woman was killed with a "sharp object" before her house was set on fire.

A jury found Patrick Dussault guilty of second-degree murder on Wednesday.

Dussault was a handyman with a criminal record who met Lahaie while working at a Rona in Gatineau.

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