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A lobster is shown at a Nova Scotia store in 2012. The Crown in Nova Scotia says a Cape Breton man was dragged out to sea and tied to an aluminum anchor in a case of ‘murder for lobster.’SÁNDOR FIZLI/The Globe and Mail

The trial of a man accused in the death of a Cape Breton fisherman whose body hasn't been found heard an RCMP firearms expert explain Monday how four bullets penetrated Phillip Boudreau's speedboat.

RCMP civilian firearms expert Joseph Prendergast told the second-degree murder trial of Joseph James Landry that Mr. Boudreau's boat was shot at from different angles, based on his analysis of bullet holes, residue and fibres. "There was evidence there that there was damage caused by four bullets," Mr. Prendergast said before drawing a diagram for the jury of where the bullets damaged the four-metre, fibreglass boat.

Mr. Prendergast said he also recovered a bullet from inside the boat during his analysis.

"The bullet that was recovered, I believe [came from] a rifle," he told the Nova Scotia Supreme Court.

Last week, the Crown told a jury that Mr. Boudreau, 43, died as a result of a sustained attack by a three-man lobster fishing crew on board the Twin Maggies.

Crown prosecutor Steve Drake said the Twin Maggies rammed Mr. Boudreau's boat three times at the mouth of Petit-de-Grat, N.S., harbour on June 1, 2013. He said Mr. Landry fired four shots from a rifle, one of which hit Mr. Boudreau's leg.

Mr. Boudreau's boat overturned after it was rammed the third time and he was then hooked with a gaff and dragged out to sea, the Crown prosecutor said.

Mr. Landry, 67, of Little Anse, N.S., has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder. He is one of four people charged in the case.

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