Defence lawyers painted the death of a Toronto police officer who was crushed by a vehicle as a tragic accident caused by panic and confusion Wednesday as prosecutors argued it was the result of a series of choices made in a matter of moments.
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The family returned to the underground garage around midnight as police arrived to investigate the stabbing, court heard. “They could not comprehend why these two people would be banging on their car door and asking them to stop in an empty parking lot late at night. There was no reason to - Mr. Zameer and his family had done nothing wrong,” he said.
Prosecutors, meanwhile, told jurors Zameer chose to make a series of manoeuvres with his car while plainclothes police officers were close by, hitting Northrup and crushing the officer's body under the vehicle.
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