A youth court judge in Oshawa has taken the extraordinary measure of awarding costs to a defendant, finding the Crown breached the teen’s rights by withholding information relevant to the case.
On Tuesday, Ontario Court Justice Mary Teresa Devlin ordered the Crown to pay $13,000 to cover costs incurred when additional charges were laid against a youth who had already pleaded guilty to robbery.
The teen, now 18, was shot twice by a Durham police officer responding to an armed robbery at a Kingston Rd. veterinary clinic on the morning of July 16, 2012. Court has heard the youth, who has significant mental heath issues, was intent on committing suicide when he pointed a plastic cap gun at a clinic worker and demanded euthanasia drugs. He’s been sentenced to two years probation, during which he’ll receive treatment and counselling. Read the rest.
On Tuesday, Ontario Court Justice Mary Teresa Devlin ordered the Crown to pay $13,000 to cover costs incurred when additional charges were laid against a youth who had already pleaded guilty to robbery.
The teen, now 18, was shot twice by a Durham police officer responding to an armed robbery at a Kingston Rd. veterinary clinic on the morning of July 16, 2012. Court has heard the youth, who has significant mental heath issues, was intent on committing suicide when he pointed a plastic cap gun at a clinic worker and demanded euthanasia drugs. He’s been sentenced to two years probation, during which he’ll receive treatment and counselling. Read the rest.
