Investigation clears Toronto police officers involved in Umar Zameer trial
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Zameer was cleared in the death of a Toronto police officer two years ago after initially being charged with first-degree murder.
A police investigation into the conduct of three Toronto officers in the high-profile arrest of Umar Zameer has concluded that concerns from a judge that they potentially colluded were “not supported by evidence.”
Zameer was cleared after the death of a Toronto police officer two years ago and, in her final instructions to the jury, a judge said they should consider the possibility the three officers who gave evidence had colluded.
Police had charged Zameer with the first-degree murder of Det. Const. Jeffrey Northrup, a plainclothes officer, who was fatally run over by a vehicle in an underground parking garage at Toronto City Hall in July 2021.
The trial focused on whether Zameer meant to run over Northrup, or even realized it had happened, and whether he knew the constable and his partner were police officers. Zameer testified he thought his family was being ambushed by criminals when two strangers ran over and started banging on his car.
After the judge made her comments to the jury and Zameer was cleared, Toronto police asked officers with the Ontario Provincial Police to investigate if there was evidence that those involved had conspired.
The report found in favour of the three officers: Lisa Forbes, Antonio Correa and Scharnil Pais.
“The OPP has found no reasonable grounds to believe that Detective Constables Forbes, Pais or Correa lied or colluded to lie,” part of the report concluded.
“Assertions to the contrary are unsupported by physical evidence, witness testimony or investigative findings. There is no evidence to support the belief that any of these officers have committed the criminal offences of obstruction of justice or perjury.”
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