As lawyers for the accused officers commended the move, some legal experts accused the prosecutor of “folding the tent” prematurely. A high-profile case involving four Toronto police officers accused of planting heroin on a car dashboard then falsifying court testimony has collapsed before going to trial, after the Crown withdrew the more than two dozen perjury and obstruction-of-justice charges. Schofield said the withdrawal of the charges allows the system “to hide things by screwing itself up. Thus began a back-and-forth between the Crown and Toronto police. But Brown said the Crown “folded the tent” before even exploring whether the exceptional circumstances could have justified the delay.

Source: thestar November 09, 2017 22:52 UTC