Bruce McArthur denies assaulting man in previously unreleased 2016 police interview
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A previously unreleased video of a 2016 police interview with Bruce McArthur details the version of events he provided to investigators after being accused of assaulting a man in the back of his minivan in a Tim Hortons parking lot less than two years before he was charged with murdering eight men.
A newly released video of a 2016 police interview with serial killer Bruce McArthur details the version of events he provided to investigators after being accused of assaulting a man in the back of his minivan in a Tim Hortons parking lot less than two years before he was charged with murdering eight men.
The video was initially presented as an exhibit at the disciplinary hearing for Sgt. Paul Gauthier, a Toronto police officer who was charged under the Police Services Act in connection with his handling of a complaint made by a man who accused McArthur of attacking him in June 2016.
In August, Gauthier was found not guilty of the two charges he faced- insubordination and neglect of duty- but a court ruled Monday the Toronto Police Service improperly withdrew the police interview as an exhibit at the disciplinary hearing for Gauthier. The court decided that the video should be released to the media despite objections from the prosecution and Gauthier’s defence team.
“The failure in this case to produce the exhibits requested by the applicants until after the hearing concluded contravened the open hearing principle,” the decision read.
