Nunavut judge acquits prosecutor, RCMP officer of criminal contempt
A Nunavut judge has acquitted a prosecutor and an RCMP officer of criminal contempt but says their joint actions in the arrest of a man outside a courtroom were a “direct and public insult to the integrity of the Nunavut Court of Justice.”
The Public Prosecution Service of Canada states Campbell was arrested after it was alleged he had interfered with a witness set to testify at the trial. Bychok wrote that he did not learn about the prosecutor’s involvement in the arrest until a contempt hearing for the officer in August. Kerstens’ lawyer said the prosecutor had discussed the matter with the officer and they mutually agreed Campbell should be charged and arrested when he arrived at the courthouse.
The judge added that the prosecutor, on the day of the trial, failed to give the court a “candid and full accounting and explanation” for her actions, or justification for Campbell’s arrest and trial adjournment.
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