A crash reconstructionist is telling jurors it's highly unlikely a Toronto police officer who he says was knocked to the ground in an underground parking garage would have been able to get up before he was run over by a car.
Justice Molloy, left to right, Umar Zameer, Det. Adam Taylor, Nader Hasan and Michael Cantlon are shown in a courtroom sketch in Toronto on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Alexandra NewbouldTORONTO - A man accused of running over a Toronto police officer nearly three years ago described walking around the city's downtown with his pregnant wife and young son that evening as he took the stand in his murder trial Tuesday.
At some point, the family crossed paths with a man who had been stabbed, he told the court. Later, they saw police and paramedics had someone on a stretcher, and wondered if it was the same person they had seen, Zameer said. He and his wife then decided to call it a night and headed back to the car, he said.
Court has heard the officers were among those investigating the stabbing of the man that Zameer and his family saw. They went into the parking garage to look for evidence. Jurors have been told Zameer was not involved in the stabbing. Raftery testified Monday that evidence from the scene and Zameer's car indicates Northrup was knocked off balance by a “glancing” contact while the car was reversing, and was already on the ground when he was run over by it travelling forward.
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