Monday, June 27, 2011

Early lunch at the pool!



2 comments:

Anonymous said...

So Mr. Morton, What was the point of the Goudge Inquiry if its recommendations are simply ignored; especially something as basic as waiting for the cause of death before charging??? - see below
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http://www.chathamdailynews.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3189751

"Mother's charge dropped, father's stayed in baby's death"

"We were very lucky we had Randy Semeniuk, a very experienced prosecutor who made the right decision," she said.

Semeniuk, who worked as the child abuse Crown in Windsor for years, told the court he wasn't consulted by Chatham-Kent police before the manslaughter charges were laid a few days after the boy's death. Police did consult with another local Crown, he said.

"The preliminary cause of death would lead everyone to believe it was a homicide," he said, adding those findings are currently under review by a pediatrician at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto.

He said the charge shouldn't have been laid before the cause of death was confirmed.

"It was clear that some of the recommendations in the Goudge Inquiry were not complied with," Semeniuk told the court.

James C Morton said...

Thats a good question