Chris Uniat pleaded guilty last year in a drugs-and-ammo case, but, after reading about a bad warrant against an accused accomplice, struck that guilty plea.
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A third Ottawa police guns-and-gangs case rooted in a bad 2019 search warrant is now in jeopardy.
Chris Uniat, 27, had already pleaded guilty in the drugs-and-ammo case back in March and was awaiting sentencing for his street crimes.
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But Uniat moved to strike his guilty plea after reading this newspaper’s account of the bad warrant and a judge has now granted his motion, which means the plea is void and his lawyer, Robert Carew, is taking the case to trial.