Edward Sapiano
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Edward Sapiano is a Canadian defence attorney, based in Toronto, Ontario, notable for his role in the Toronto terrorism trial.
His allegations sparked an internal probe into allegations of corruption within the Toronto Police Services, [1] which saw 8 officers charged with stealing money from a fund meant to pay drug informats.[2]
In February 2005, he called for Ontario Superior Court Justice Eugene Ewaschuk to be removed from the trial of accused murderer Richard Brewster due to his Sapiano's belief that Ewaschuk had a "20 year history" of creating the perception of bias against defendants.[3]
His claims that police informant Mubin Shaikh's cocaine addiction may have skewed his reports that led to the arrests of the alleged terrorists was dismissed by Shaikh who insisted that Sapiano had the chronology wrong and that the drug use didn't begin until after the alleged plot began.As of 2008, police informant Mubin Shaikh admitted that "the case is not as strong as suggested" - but still believed that a number of the accused would be found guilty.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ http://auto_sol.tao.ca/node/view/51
- ^ Kirk Makin, Gay Abbate. "Allegations against Police could trigger drug appeals", Globe and Mail, Friday, 24 November 2000. Retrieved on 2008-04-27.
- ^ Kari, Shannon. "Judge asked to step down from trial". CanWest News. February 11, 2005
- ^ TheFacesBehind.net, CSIS informant admits cocaine, marijuana use during investigation, April 2008
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