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Ottawa Police Inspector Hugh O’Toole Resigns Amid Witness Tampering Accusations in Detective Grus Case After allegations of Criminal Intimidation of a Witness and Obstruct Justice –
Ottawa Police Inspector Hugh O’Toole resigned and now works as a lawyer at a Kemptville legal firm. On January 10, 2024, spectators at the internal disciplinary hearing of Ottawa Police Detective Helen Grus were shocked when defense lawyers alleged that Inspector Hugh O’Toole that day committed criminal offenses against Grus, including… – Intimidation of a Witness – Obstruction of Justice
Detective Grus had been scheduled to testify that day for the first time in her defense. Her lawyers told Hearing Officer Chris Renwick that shortly before Grus was due to take the witness stand Inspector O’Toole sent her a criminally threatening email. The lawyers read parts of the email into the court record documenting how O’Toole threatened Grus that if she testified about certain evidence and used certain exhibits,
Professional Standards would re-investigate her with the obvious penalty of additional charges. Outrage in the Court Defense counsels Bath-Shéba van den Berg and Blair Ector were outraged and put the facts onto the record. In almost 50 years in and around the courts, this reporter has never witnessed anything like we saw at the Grus hearing on January 10-11, 2024. Continue reading the full article at Substack… donaldbest.substack.com/p/ottawa-polic
