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A police officer and his civil servant lover allegedly used the latter’s position to concoct a fake will, a jury heard as their fraud trial got underway Monday.
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A police officer and his civil servant lover allegedly used the latter’s position to concoct a fake will, a jury heard as their fraud trial got underway Monday.
An Alberta Mountie charged in the fatal shooting of a man who had been sleeping in a pickup truck at a rest stop says he trusted information from a fellow officer that the man was wanted as a suspect.
In final submissions, Struthers argued Senior never intended to commit any crime and believed he was dealing with a confidential informant when he had no training to do so. “None of the events would have happened without the instigation and, in fact, participation of the police and, as a result, there is a clear lack of intent,” he said. “All of these offences were manufactured tests of integrity.” If there was virtue testing, countered Crown attorney Peter Scrutton, “Mr. Senior failed every single test of it.” A 15-year officer, he said, should know that he shouldn’t lie, steal...
Lawyers representing a Toronto-area constable charged in a corruption investigation say he didn't intend to act dishonestly and simply lacked training on certain police procedures.