2 Mounties face code-of-conduct hearing over deletion of surveillance video
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Crown drops obstruction of justice charge against Moncton RCMP officer
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MONCTON, N.B. The labour association representing RCMP members says it s pleased obstruction charges against two officers in New Brunswick have been dropped. National Police Federation president Brian Sauve said Tuesday in a news release the charges against Cpl. Mathieu Potvin and Const. Eric Pichette were dropped Monday. Potvin and Pichette were among three officers charged with obstruction in December 2019; the police have refused to release information about the case. Sauve says Crown prosecutor Claude Hache told a court in Moncton, N.B., on Monday that new evidence indicated there were no longer reasonable grounds for a conviction. A spokesperson for the Justice Department confirmed Monday that new evidence had come to light that was sufficient for the department to conclude a reasonable prospect of conviction no longer existed. The department said the evidence is privileged and cannot be disclosed.