The attackers – Kevork Marachelian, 35, of LaSalle, Quebec, Rafi Panos Titizian, 27, of Scarborough, Ontario, and Ohannes Noubarian, 30, of Montreal – were charged with first-degree murder of Brunelle during the assault on the Turkish Embassy.[1] They also faced charges of attacking the premises of a diplomat, endangering the life and liberty of Ambassador Coskun Kirca, setting off an explosion to get into the embassy and possessing grenades, handguns and shotguns.[8] Chahe Philippe Arslanian, a lawyer for two of the accused, said that his clients were "not guilty". "It's evident that surely it was not a criminal act, but a political act," Arslanian told reporters.[9] A year later, on October 14, 1986, the three men went on trial. An Ontario Supreme Court jury deliberated for 8½ hours before finding Noubarian, Marachelian, and Titizian guilty of first-degree murder.[8][10] Justice David Watt imposed the mandatory sentence of life imprisonment with no possibility of parole for 25 years.[11]