Former firefighter Eric Einagel, at far right, walks with members of his legal team outside the Ottawa Courthouse on May 8, 2024.
A judge dismissed a harassment charge against a former Ottawa firefighter who allegedly attacked a non-binary colleague at a Barrhaven fire station back in 2022, as well as a negligence charge against their captain.
Prosecutors also recommended dismissing a negligence causing bodily harm charge against Greg Wright, the captain. On Wednesday, the Crown finished calling evidence in their case after hearing from just two of the handful of witnesses they planned to bring forward since the trial began on May 6. The alleged violence happened Sept. 14, 2022, at Station 47 on Greenbank Road near Cambrian Road in Barrhaven.
Lamb said the defence will try to "hammer out an agreement" with the Crown on certain facts that would otherwise require witness testimony. Clarke said he's hoping to do the same.
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