A Winnipeg man has been convicted of second-degree murder for killing a transgender sex-trade worker.
Theodore Herntier, 44, was convicted by a jury Thursday in the September 2004 death of David Boulanger, also known as Divas B, who was found dead and wrapped in plastic near a truck stop close to Portage la Prairie, Man.
The prosecution had suggested Herntier picked up Boulanger on a street corner, hit her with a wrench and then killed her in his shop.
They said he dumped the body at a rest stop along the Trans-Canada Highway.
Defence lawyer Martin Glazer had said in his closing argument that the Crown had simply not proven its case against his client, which he said was mostly circumstantial.
Herntier showed no emotion as the verdict came down but Boulanger's friends and relatives wept in court.
(CJOB)
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