Hitman Matthew Dupre revisited

Matthew Dupre pleaded guilty in July 2024 in Bangkok for the February 2022 murder of B.C. gangster Jimi ‘Slice’ Sandhu.

Sandhu, 32, was shot to death outside his villa at Phuket’s Beachfront Hotel in Rawai, Phuket. Sandhu was ventilated with more than 10 gunshots. Nineteen spent 9mm and .38 casings were found at the murder scene. A dive reveals no news on Dupre’s fate. Multiple CCTV cameras captured images of Dupre and the deceased Gene Karl Lahrkamp with their faces uncovered. Cops retrieved DNA evidence linking them to clothing left by the shooters. Dupre was arrested at his home in Sylvan Lake on February 20, 2022. He won’t face the death penalty for the contract killing.

Thai cops issued arrest warrants for Gene Karl Lahrkamp and Matthew Leandre Ovide Dupre after the killing. The gunmen arrived in Phuket 6 weeks before the shooting and departed 2 days after the murder. The pair fled Phuket to Bangkok before leaving the country from Suvarnabhumi Airport. Thai cops found two guns at a beach in Phuket which were used in the murder of Jimi Sandhu. Police used metal detectors to search the seaside by the Rawai beachfront villa and found a semi-automatic Walther PPK and a CZ gun.

Sandhu was affiliated with the UN gang. He was deported from Canada in 2016 for “serious criminality.” The dead man had 2 IDs on him. He held a valid passport for ‘Mandeep Singh’ and ‘Amarjit Singh Sindhu’.

Carl Lahrkamp was one of four people who died when a small plane crashed near Sioux Lookout, Ontario in November 2022. Lahrkamp had been on the run since February when Thai cops accused him and Matthew Dupre of killing Sandhu.

Killed along with Lahrkamp was Independent Soldier Duncan Bailey. Bailey fled after being released on bail on charges of attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder. Bailey had a long history of drug trafficking. Months before pilot Abhinav Handa, his friend, and the two gangsters died, he had been reported for running an unlicensed air taxi service.