The alleged violence happened Sept. 14, 2022, at Station 47 on Greenbank Road near Cambrian Road in Barrhaven.
'I'm just going to die': Non-binary firefighter feared for their life during alleged choking | CBC News LoadedThe complainant in the criminal trial of an Ottawa fire captain and a former firefighter testified Wednesday they thought they were going to die when one of the defendants allegedly choked them at a fire station in Barrhaven.CBC NewsThe alleged violence happened Sept. 14, 2022, at Station 47 on Greenbank Road in Barrhaven.
Greg Wright, a captain at the same station, is charged with criminal negligence causing bodily harm and threatening to discipline the complainant to prevent them from reporting the incident. He was suspended without pay for three days following an internal investigation. Ottawa firefighter Ash Weaver, right, walks with Sgt. Ali Toghrol of the Ottawa Police Service's hate and bias crime unit near the Ottawa Courthouse on Wednesday.
"I tried explaining things," Weaver said. "I'd rather have not done it, but I wanted to get along with everyone on the crew." "He was just staring me down, just not touching his food, just staring at me very intensely," Weaver testified. "He had both of his hands around my neck and he just started squeezing," they said. "He was squeezing so f--king hard."
Hills, who was standing next to Weaver at the sink, testified she told Weaver to leave the kitchen but not to "run and hide."
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