More serious allegations against Mounties in Dziekanski case

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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – A special prosecutor has filed amended indictments in the cases of two RCMP officers accused of lying at a public inquiry into the Robert Dziekanski case.

All four RCMP officers involved in Dziekanski’s death were charged with perjury, though one of them, Const. Bill Bentley, has already been acquitted.

Const. Kwesi Millington, former corporal Benjamin (Monty) Robinson, and Const. Gerry Rundel all have trials scheduled later this year, with Millington’s scheduled for March.

The Crown has now filed amended indictments for Millington and Robinson, adding an allegation that the officers lied when they said they didn’t discuss what happened at any point after the day of the incident.

Dziekanski died on the floor of the Vancouver airport in October 2007 after being stunned by an RCMP Taser, prompting a public inquiry and many changes to police use of stun guns.

All three remaining trials are scheduled to be heard by a judge alone.

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