Victim is thought to have been targeted by a rival drug gang in eastern Canada.
PUBLISHED: 3 Jul 2024 at 14: 40
A former French soldier has admitted guilt in relation to the death of Canadian gang Jimi Sandhu in Phuket in February 2022.
On the first day of Matthew Dupre’s test in Bangkok, the Vancouver Sun  reported that he entered the innocent appeal on June 27.
Dupre acknowledged his involvement in the serious, qualified attack at a seaside hotel on the southern trip area, according to Sgt. Brenda Winpenny of the anti-gang Combined Forces Special Enforcement System in the state of British Columbia.
On February 4, 2022, two unusual men shot Jimi” Slice” Sandhu in Phuket and were captured on surveillance videos outside the Beachfront Hotel. Sandhu had been staying in a private shore palace directly opposite the resort. Artificial American identification and money were discovered in the residence.
Sandhu, 32, was a member of the United Nations crew in Vancouver. He was born in local Abbotsford, but he was deported to India in 2016 because of his grave criminal history.
He had been visiting Phuket regularly since 2016 and moving in and out of there. At the time of his death, he was wanted in India for pharmaceutical smuggling, had just been banned from Malaysia, and had spent stretches of time in Vietnam. Thailand’s authorities said they thought he was a part of substance smuggling throughout Southeast Asia.
He left Phuket around Christmas 2021 after renting the palace where he passed away in November 2021. Before departing the land, he was spotted attending a extravagant New Year’s Eve party at the five-star Amari Watergate Hotel in Bangkok, according to the Sun. He returned on Jan 27, eight weeks before his death, flying in on a secret flight from Malaysia.
According to the Thai authorities research, Dupre and Lahrkamp made their way to Phuket International Airport on December 18, 2021. On February 8, 2022, both returned to Canada and were soon identified as death suspects.
American authorities, investigating at the urging of their Thai rivals, suspected the killing was linked to a gang rivalry in British Columbia. They searched Dupre’s house in Sylvan Lake, Alberta, the house of co- accused Gene Lahrkamp, and the Ontario house of a second suspect, who was never charged.
Dupre was detained by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police at his Sylvan Lake residence on February 20, 2022.
Lahrkamp perished on board a , a smaller plane that crashed close to Sioux Lookout in northeastern Ontario on April 30, 2022, despite being still at large.
Dupre agreed to become deported in May 2023 and has been a prisoner since. He has been incarcerated in Bangkok. In order to meet American demands for extradition, Thai officials agreed to waive the death sentence in the case.
Dupre and Lahrkamp both served in the Canadian Armed Forces, leaving as cadets. Dupre served from 2005- 13 and Lahrkamp from 2012- 18, the Sun reported.
Dupre claimed to have been involved in battles with ISIS while eventually working as a secret military company in Syria and Iraq. His posted list of abilities includes “hand to hand combat, innovative war and sniper”.