Ruling expected in perjury case against Mountie linked to Dziekansi’s death
Posted February 20, 2015 10:40 am.
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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – A ruling is expected today in the trial of a Mountie accused of lying about what happened on the night of Robert Dziekanski’s death.
Constable Kwesi Millington is charged with perjury along with three other officers for their testimony at a public inquiry around the Polish immigrant’s death.
A BC Supreme Court judge is slated to deliver his decision in Millington’s case today; a verdict is expected this afternoon.
Dziekanski died after he was confronted by the four officers at Vancouver’s airport in October 2007, and Millington stunned him repeatedly with a Taser.
The Crown claims the Mounties concocted a story to tell investigators, then lied at the public inquiry to cover up their initial deception.
The Crown says all four officers’ notes and statements contained similar errors, all of which painted Dziekanski as more aggressive and dangerous than he actually was.
