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An Alberta based lawyer advocating for reform around police prosecution said the prosecutor owes the public an explanation for why assault charges for two Yellowknife RCMP officers were suddenly stayed during their trial in territorial court this week.
On Tuesday, the second day of the assault trial of two Yellowknife RCMP officers, a second witness testified he never felt the prisoner posed a threat. "She wasn't going to go anywhere," says Const. Nicholas Alpaugh.
There has been a stay of proceedings in the trial of two RCMP officers standing trial in Yellowknife this week on charges of assault.
The first witness in the assault trial of two Yellowknife RCMP officers told the court Monday that he saw one of them punch a prisoner in the head while she was being searched.
The trial of two Northwest Territories RCMP officers accused of using excessive force begins Monday in Yellowknife. Cpl. Jason Archer and Cst. Francesca Bechard were each charged with one count of assault last August.