NP: Rarely are pitches to acquit an accused in mid-trial successful.
It’s even rarer when police officers are on trial for assaulting an innocent bystander.
Rarer still is to see a Crown lawyer dressed down by a judge after arguing rather weakly to dismiss a directed verdict application and keep a trial going.
But that’s what happened in the Ontario Court of Justice Thursday afternoon as a joint assault charge was dismissed against two of three St. Thomas police officers.
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