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Toronto police are seeking to hold a convicted firearms trafficker responsible for a death allegedly caused by one of his smuggled guns, a novel use of a criminal negligence charge in Canada that has the potential of holding gun smugglers accountable for the deadly toll of their illicit wares.
On Wednesday, Toronto police announced a charge of criminal negligence causing death against Jeffrey Gilmour, a 44-year-old Toronto man who is serving a 3½-year sentence for firearms-trafficking offences.