An Ottawa police vehicle parked outside of the Ottawa Courthouse in August 2023.
Const. Muhammad Omair Khan pleaded guilty to assaulting the boy at CHEO in November 2022 after he and his fellow officer had taken him into custody under the Mental Health Act.Const. Muhammad Omair Khan has pleaded guilty to assaulting a 13-year-old boy in connection with an incident in November 2022. An Ottawa police officer has pleaded guilty to assaulting a 13-year-old boy who was suffering from mental health issues back in 2022.
Court documents state the boy, who suffers from mental health issues and Tourette's Syndrome, wasn't taking his prescribed medications.The mother advised the officers the boy's threatening behaviour had escalated in the weeks leading up to the call, the statement of facts said. She also told them her son had recently been expelled from school and was refusing to see a doctor or therapist.
In his notes, the other officer responding to the call said that the boy was more belligerent than anyone he'd ever dealt with, with the youth calling them every insulting "name in the book." The Crown said Khan first stepped on the boy's foot, then grabbed him by the jaw with both hands, forcing him face-down to the floor in view of a nurse and Khan's fellow officer.
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