He spent 26 years behind bars for a young girl’s murder. Now, authorities say he may be innocent
Rees, then 25 years old, was a Scarborough welder and friend of the Thurott family. The day before Darla Thurott was found dead, he had visited their home, and spent the night.
At the time, Rees denied killing the girl. He said he had been addicted to crack, cocaine, and alcohol for several years. In 1994, Rees’s appeal to the Ontario Court of Appeal was dismissed and the Supreme Court of Canada declined to hear his case. Their strongest argument for the application was an undisclosed “highly incriminating statement” by the landlord of the family home, which he made to the Toronto police homicide squad. The landlord, who has since died, testified at trial that he did not have any relationship with Darla Thurott nor had he been in her room on the day of the murder. But, Innocence Canada says, this is false, based on what was in the taped statement given to the Toronto police.
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