Quinton Lloyd Bitternose, a Native gang member, was convicted on Tuesday of first-degree murder for the 2004 shooting death of Wayne Gerald Friday.

Bitternose and his gang associates killed Friday and dumped his body on a reserve outside Regina. A witness, who also has been charged, said Friday was murdered for messing with the Native Syndicate, a street gang.

Bitternose was acting as his own lawyer. He failed to call any witnesses after the government rested its case.

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Jury finds Bitternose guilty of 1st-degree murder (CBC 5/16)

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2005 Intelligence Trends: Aboriginal-based Gangs in Saskatchewan (March 2005)

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