Charges in former Hells Angel killing

A Nova Scotia man faces several charges, including two counts of first-degree murder in connection with a biker gang war that rocked the province more than a decade ago.

Les Greenwood, 41, has been charged with being an accessory after the fact in the homicide of former Hells Angel Randy Mersereau, who disappeared 11 years ago.

Greenwood was arrested without incident at a residence in Bramber in Hants County early Thursday.

In addition to the accessory charge, Greenwood has also been charged with the attempted murder of Mersereau. That charge stems from an incident in 1999, in which Mersereau was the target of a bombing at his car dealership in Bible Hill.

Mersereau disappeared about a month after that bombing and has not been seen since Oct. 31, 1999.

Greenwood's charges don't stop there — he has also been charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Barry Kirk Mersereau and Nancy Paula Christensen.

The two were found dead in their home in Centre Burlington, also in Hants County in September 2000 by a neighbour who went to check on the family. At the time, investigators said they believed Barry Kirk Mersereau and Christensen were victims of a planned and possibly professional killing.

Barry and Randy Mersereau were brothers.

Greenwood remains in custody and is scheduled to appear in a Truro court on Jan. 11, 2011.

Human remains found

Friday's developments are the latest in an ongoing investigation into a drug turf war more than a decade ago.

In October, there was renewed public interest in the case after RCMP searched a house and property in Onslow Mountain in connection with the Mersereau case. The Mounties have not said what, if any, evidence was discovered there.

Last week, RCMP uncovered human remains on a property on Hiram Lynds Road in Truro. The remains have not been identified. The Mounties said that search was initiated as a result of information given to investigators when they searched the Onslow Mountain property.

On Dec. 1, Gerald Leslie MacCabe, 43, of Salmon River in Colchester County was charged with being an accessory after the fact in the murder of Randy Mersereau.

Court documents filed during the arraignment suggested police believe Jeffrey Albert Lynds, a well-known member of the Hells Angels, killed Mersereau. The documents allege MacCabe helped Lynds escape.

Mersereau and Lynds were close associates in the 1990s. Lynds became a member of the Hells Angels shortly after Mersereau disappeared, leading police to speculate he was involved.

The Lynds family owns much of the property on Hiram Lynds Road where the human remains were found.

Lynds is already facing first-degree murder charges in connection with a double homicide in Montreal. He has pleaded not guilty to both charges and will be back in a Montreal courtroom on Jan. 11, 2011.