Crown prosecutor seeks life sentence for former Saskatchewan Mountie who killed lover
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — Family members of a Saskatchewan man who was shot by his lover told court they will never understand why he was killed by the former Mountie.
Bernie Herman, 55, was convicted in January of manslaughter in the death of 26-year-old Braden Herman. The two men are not related.
Braden Herman’s naked body was found in 2021 in a park on the outskirts of Prince Albert. Bernie Herman testified that he fired the gun that killed Braden Herman but said he was provoked into a split-second action.
“Why did this have to happen?” Mary Jane Herman asked in a victim impact statement read into court during a sentencing hearing at Court of King’s Bench in Prince Albert Thursday.