A jury today found Rafal Lasota guilty of the first-degree of a Mississauga, Ont., teen, but has cleared girlfriend Michelle Liard on the same charge.

Three members of the cultlike Zizians group will be tried together in Maryland on charges of trespassing and gun and drug possession.

When a jury found Rafal LaSota guilty in 2012 of the grusome murder of Aleksandra Firgan-Hewie but acquitted his girlfriend, Michelle Liard, the Crown appealed You can save this article by ...

Michelle Liard ran defence for her fiance, Rafal LaSota, as he brutally stabbed a 13-year-old Mississauga girl to death, a Superior Court jury heard Thursday.

Rafal LaSota, the man accused in the murder of 13-year old Aleksandra Firgin-Hewie has been found guilty of first-degree murder by a jury in Brampton on Tuesday.

A Superior Court jury has found Rafal LaSota guilty of first-degree murder in the 2008 slaying of Aleksandra Firgan-Hewie.

They remain convinced Liard was in on planning the vicious slaying that saw their granddaughter stabbed 37 times by Rafal LaSota, Liard’s boyfriend, on Dec. 10, 2008.

The Zizians, led by Jack LaSota, have been described as a radical vegan transgender cult and have ties to six deaths across the United States in the past decade.

A jury has convicted Rafal LaSota of first-degree murder in the 2008 stabbing death of Mississauga schoolgirl Aleksandra Firgan-Hewie, but acquitted his former fianc e Michelle Liard.

Federal prosecutors say LaSota had a .50-caliber rifle and hundreds of rounds of ammunition despite being a fugitive.

Michelle Liard and Rafal LaSota, both of Mississauga, have both pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the death of Aleksandra Firgan-Hewie.