Off-duty Toronto cop avoids jail time for teen’s assault in ‘Kijiji deal gone bad’
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An off-duty Toronto police officer guilty of assaulting a teenage during a “Kijiji deal gone bad” has been handed a suspended sentence and 12 months probation.
An off-duty Toronto police officer guilty of assaulting a teenager during a “Kijiji deal gone bad” has been handed a suspended sentence and 12 months probation.
Const. Calvin Au was also given a three-year weapons ban by Superior Court Justice Jennifer Woollcombe inside a Brampton, Ont., courtroom Wednesday.
“I am very concerned that despite his police training, Au demonstrated the unwillingness to assess the situation and then used excessive force,” Woollcombe said in part.
“In a situation where there were many other better options, his judgement was extremely poor.”
Au was found guilty of assault, but not guilty of assault causing bodily harm, in November for the April 26, 2021, incident involving 19-year-old Chadd Facey.
That day, off-duty Toronto police Const. Gurmakh Benning agreed to meet Facey to purchase an Apple Watch after he had posted on Kijiji to sell it.
During the trial, court heard Benning had asked Au, his partner, to accompany him, given he viewed Au as more tech savvy and wanted him to authenticate the watch. Facey negotiated a price of $400 with Benning.
Dressed in plain clothes, the two met Facey in the parking lot at Beryl Ford Public School on Ironshield Drive, near Cottrelle Boulevard and Highway 50, in Brampton for the transaction.
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