By Canadian Press

Man charged in connection with 2022 death of unlawfully detained inmate in Montreal

Jul 11, 2025 | 9:43 AM

MONTREAL — A man has been charged in the death of a 21-year-old who died after an altercation with guards while he was unlawfully detained at a Montreal jail in 2022.

Quebec provincial police say the 54-year-old suspect was arrested Thursday and charged with manslaughter in the death of Nicous D’André Spring.

Sébastien Bossé was released on a promise to appear in court at a future date.

Spring died on Christmas Eve 2022 after guards at Montreal’s Bordeaux jail fitted his head with a spit hood and pepper-sprayed him twice.

Quebec’s Public Security Department described Spring’s detention as “illegal” because he had been ordered released the day before the altercation.

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The death prompted Spring’s family and a civil rights group to call for an inquiry into systemic racism in the provincial detention system.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 11, 2025.

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