Samandeed Singh Gill, was acquitted by the B.C. Supreme Court after the revelation police had overstepped their warrants and held key evidence for years without legal authority.
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A B.C. Supreme Court judge says the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team’s “systemic, flagrant disregard” for the charter rights of accused may impact hundreds of murder cases.
The police failure was uncovered in the case against Samandeep Singh Gill, who was accused of second-degree murder and attempted murder in a 2011 road-rage incident in Surrey that left one man dead.
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In a decision released online Friday, Justice David Masuhara excluded cellphone evidence gathered against Gill that the Crown said was necessary to its case, prompting Gill’s acquittal.
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British Columbia Attorney General David Eby listens during a news conference in Vancouver, B.C., Friday, May 24, 2019. Eby has appointed a lawyer to look into the possibility of an appeal in the case of Samandeep Gill. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck April 24, 2021 - 3:06 PM
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge says the province s homicide investigation team s systemic, flagrant disregard for the charter rights of accused may impact hundreds of murder cases.
The police failure was uncovered in the case against Samandeep Singh Gill, who was accused of second-degree murder and attempted murder in a 2011 road rage incident in Surrey, B.C., that left one man dead.
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