B.C. Lawyer Presses for Special Prosecutor in Dziekanski Case
By 250 News
Thursday, October 29, 2009 10:04 AM
Prince George, B.C. - A B.C. Lawyer and former Provincial Court judge is calling on the Polish Government to reopen its investigation into the death of Robert Dziekanski and for B.C. to appoint a special prosecutor to examine the possibility of charges.
Speaking on the Meisner program on CFIS FM this morning, William Sundhu says the Polish Government dropped its investigation when the Canadian Government chose not to hand over the evidence collected by Canadian investigators. While the Criminal Justice Branch probe concluded saying charges should not be laid, he says there is a lack of public confidence on that decision because it was police investigating police.“We think that a special independent prosecutor should be appointed by Victoria to oversee an investigation that is seen to be truly independent and then determine if charges should be recommended or not.”
Although there is a civil lawsuit launched by Dziekanski’s mother, at this point, there is no criminal case on this matter, “There are many a lawyer in this country who could launch a criminal case based on the Pritchard video alone”. The Pritchard video captured the events and actions which preceded Dziekanski’s death two years ago at the Vancouver Airport.
Sundhu says the longer this case is delayed before getting before a criminal court, the better the chance is of the case being lost because it didn’t go to court within a reasonable time.
Sundhu says if he were Crown Counsel, he would consider three charges:
1. Criminal negligence causing death
2. Obstruction of justice and possibly
3. Perjury
He says if a special prosecutor was appointed, it would be easier for the public to accept the final recommendation of whether or not charges should be laid.
Another question he raises is that since the testimony presented by the four officers at the Braidwood inquiry has come under scrutiny for its truthfulness, what does that do to other cases in which any of these officers testified?
Sundhu says since Poland has excellent relations with many other countries, it is not unreasonable to think that if the Polish government were to lay charges against the four, “I would be very careful about where I planned my vacations.”
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