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shockedcanadian

(751 posts)
Mon Sep 29, 2014, 08:30 AM Sep 2014

Toronto police officer rebuked by judge for fabricating evidence

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http://www.thestar.com/news/crime/2014/09/29/toronto_police_officer_rebuked_by_judge_for_fabricating_evidence.html



The confidential informant’s tip was alarming: a Markham convenience store was peddling more than milk and eggs; if you knew to ask a certain employee, he would hook you up with heroin. The informant told Toronto police he had bought some himself.

So in the early morning of Oct. 1, 2012, Const. Robert Warrener, a 20-year Toronto police veteran and member of the drug squad, pulled into the Daisy Mart lot, parked where he could see the store and the employee’s grey Toyota, and settled in to watch. His goal was to witness activity that would back up the informant’s claims, in turn providing vital evidence police needed to obtain a search warrant....

...The only problem? The drug sale that gave the green light for it all never happened, Ontario Superior Court Justice Beth Allen ruled this week

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