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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


The judge overseeing a criminal trial for two organizers of the truck convoy protests is ordering the Crown disclose internal police documents to the defence.

Their lawyers had requested information from Ottawa Police Service about a software upgrade that resulted in at least two officers who were communicating directly with protesters having their phones wiped.

The defence is arguing that those officers, who were on a police liaison team texting, calling and speaking with protesters are important witnesses deserving of scrutiny.

Justice Heather Perkins-McVey echoed previous comments she had made when she said it "is very unusual" for two police officers who were expected to be trial witnesses to have lost potential evidence because of a phone upgrade.

Perkins-McVey is also giving what she called "careful consideration" to emails Ottawa police argued shouldn't be shared because of solicitor-client privilege.

They argued they were inadvertently shared with the Crown and didn't need to be disclosed, but Perkins-McVey ordered the documents be given for her review to determine if they are relevant to Lich and Barber's defence.


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