https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/lond...se-ends-were-tied-up-detective-says-9.6781654
So after the leak of the civil suit payout to the press. LPS decides to open the case.
With a new investigator..Det. Lyndsey Ryan..So we have a woman here with a new set of eyes.
''E.M. didn’t tell Ryan that she was texting with her co-worker while at the bar, Ryan says, adding that wouldn’t have added anything to her investigation.
Sayani suggests to Ryan that she could have determined E.M.’s level of sobriety or her efforts to “escape” McLeod at the bar. Ryan responds she wouldn’t have put much weight on that from the texts.''
Well we'll never know will we?...If I'm a detective I'd like to know what those texts were all about.
''Ryan says she didn’t speak to E.M.’s co-workers who were with her at Jack’s bar on the night in question in June 2018 because she was told by E.M. that they didn’t have anything valuable to add, as they weren’t with her when she was consuming the majority of the drinks that night''
This another odd one...She went to the bar with her co-workers...Maybe they remember something.
''Ryan says that when she went to E.M.’s house to tell her the investigation was being reopened E.M. was “quite upset” and Ryan felt “pretty bad.” (NOTE: The new investigation was launched after media reported Hockey Canada had settled E.M.’s civil lawsuit).''
Looks like Ryan is pushing an agenda perhaps...Interesting that E.M. was upset. She clearly doesn't want to relive the ordeal.
''Ryan testifies she didn’t speak to E.M.’s co-workers who were with her at Jack’s bar that night because E.M.’s anonymity was important to her and her co-workers had “no idea” what had happened after E.M. left the bar.
“I was trying to respect that.”
Ryan tells Cunningham she didn’t “feel the need to investigate” E.M. Her job was to corroborate what E.M. told her and what she told police in 2018.''
Believe all women....Politics of the times coming in to play here.
''Cunningham asks Ryan if E.M.’s “self-blame” in 2018 was problematic.
“No, I found it quite normal based on previous experience with victims of sexual assault,” Ryan says.''
Ryan has decided she is a victim right from the get go...You know what maybe she is but that should left open to interpretation after examining all of the evidence.
Formenton, Dube and Foote won't be called by the defense.
''Now that all the defence lawyers have closed their cases, as has the Crown, all the lawyers will make their closing arguments.
A closing argument is a final speech by each lawyer to the court, and can include summarizing the evidence and the main points of the case.
In this case, the defence will go first. Each legal team (and there are five of them) will take one to two hours to make their arguments before Superior Court Justice Maria Carroccia.
After that, the Crown, Meaghan Cunningham, will give her closing arguments. She says she’ll need about a day to do that.
To give everyone time to prepare (and because court wasn’t set to sit on Wednesday anyway as some of the lawyers had prior appointments), court is adjourned until the morning of June 9.''