Montrealer acquitted in shooting death of policeman
warwickgreen @ Sat Jun 14, 2008 7:56 am
Not often someone is acquitted in these circumstances.
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Awakened before dawn by police officers who battered down the door to his home, Basil Parasiris said he acted in self-defence when he shot at a stranger at his bedroom door.
A jury agreed yesterday, acquitting the Montreal-area businessman of first-degree murder in the shooting death of Constable Daniel Tessier, a father of two.
The verdict was the latest slap in this case for the Laval police. The trial had revealed that the force's search warrant relied on dubious evidence and didn't allow a night-time raid; that officers didn't properly check whether Mr. Parasiris owned guns; and that they fired by mistake into a child's bedroom.
The jurors agreed with Mr. Parasiris's defence that he thought he was the victim of a home invasion....
(full story)
POLICE SHOOTING
A jury agreed yesterday, acquitting the Montreal-area businessman of first-degree murder in the shooting death of Constable Daniel Tessier, a father of two.
The verdict was the latest slap in this case for the Laval police. The trial had revealed that the force's search warrant relied on dubious evidence and didn't allow a night-time raid; that officers didn't properly check whether Mr. Parasiris owned guns; and that they fired by mistake into a child's bedroom.
The jurors agreed with Mr. Parasiris's defence that he thought he was the victim of a home invasion....
(full story)
POLICE SHOOTING