The Supreme Court of Canada is set to rule Friday on an appeal by two men found guilty of first-degree murder in the gang executions of six people in Metro Vancouver more than 15 years ago.
Lawyers for Cody Haevischer and Matthew Johnston argued last October before the high court that the men were wrongfully denied an opportunity to give evidence about “egregious” police misconduct and cruel in-custody treatment that tainted their convictions.
The B.C. Court of Appeal ruled in 2021 that Haevischer and Johnston should be allowed to seek a stay of proceedings for abuse of process and ordered an evidentiary hearing, but it stopped short of overturning their guilty verdicts. Edward Schellenberg, who was in the unit servicing the fireplace, and Christopher Mohan, the 22-year-old living across the hallway, were also murdered.
Lawyers for the two men told the Supreme Court of Canada that male investigators with B.C.’s Integrated Homicide Investigation Team “exploited the trust of key protected female witnesses in order to have sex with them, including girlfriends of the men they ultimately charged.” Should the Supreme Court of Canada order a hearing, Martland said the extent of police misconduct during the investigation would get aired in court on a “granular level.”Sign up for the CHEK Now daily email newsletter to get breaking news and the day's top stories sent to your email.The decision to place “macho male murder investigators” in charge of vulnerable female witnesses was a “disastrous” decision in hindsight, Martland said.
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