VANCOUVER—Charges of perjury are being recommended against the four RCMP officers involved in the Taser shooting of Robert Dziekanski.
Dziekanski, who was unarmed, died Oct. 14, 2007 after being Tasered multiple times by the RCMP during a confrontation at the Vancouver Airport.
The RCMP investigated the four members involved and the province’s criminal justice branch concluded criminal charges were not appropriate.
But public outrage over that decision and a lengthy public inquiry into Dziekanski’s death which found inconsistencies in the officers’ testimonies prompted the B.C. government to appoint a special prosecutor to re-consider whether to lay charges.
The special prosecutor, Richard Peck, found the likelihood of conviction unlikely arising out of the physical altercation between the officers and Dziekanski. But Peck did recommended perjury charges based on the evidence the officers gave at the provincial inquiry.
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Dziekanski, who was unarmed, died Oct. 14, 2007 after being Tasered multiple times by the RCMP during a confrontation at the Vancouver Airport.
The RCMP investigated the four members involved and the province’s criminal justice branch concluded criminal charges were not appropriate.
But public outrage over that decision and a lengthy public inquiry into Dziekanski’s death which found inconsistencies in the officers’ testimonies prompted the B.C. government to appoint a special prosecutor to re-consider whether to lay charges.
The special prosecutor, Richard Peck, found the likelihood of conviction unlikely arising out of the physical altercation between the officers and Dziekanski. But Peck did recommended perjury charges based on the evidence the officers gave at the provincial inquiry.
Petti Fong
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/...ded-against-mounties-in-dziekanski-death?bn=1
