A Durham police officer has been acquitted in the death of a man in police custody in 2019.
On March 19, Ontario Superior Court Justice Justice Hugh O'Connell ruled that David Swaine of the Durham Regional Police Service was not guilty of failing to provide the necessities of life to Damon Webb.He was arrested at around noon on Nov. 5, 2019, in the area of Simcoe Street and Highway 401, after Durham police responded to reports of an altercation between two individuals.
According to Ontario's Special Investigation Unit, an arm's length agency that investigates reports involving police where there has been death, Webb was found in medical distress in his cell at about 11 p.m. that evening.On Tuesday, Justice O'Connell told the court he could not, beyond a reasonable doubt, find Swaine had committed the offence he was charged with and handed the officer an acquittal, with a full decision to be released at a later date.
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