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Murder charges against 3 men stayed over inmate rights violations at Ontario facility
Charges stayed after court finds egregious Charter rights violations involving torturous treatment at Maplehurst Correctional Complex, affecting three men accused of a 2022 killing.
- On Friday, Superior Court Justice Clayton Conlan stayed first-degree murder charges against Joseph Richard Whitlock, Kulvir Singh Bhatia and Karn Veer Sandhu due to Charter violations at the Maplehurst Correctional Complex.
- The court found the December 2023 deployment involved a crisis intervention team at Maplehurst Correctional Complex, Milton, Ont., strip-searching Unit 8 inmates and zip-tying their wrists after an assault.
- Some inmates were left in boxer shorts for up to two days, with Unit 8 inmates forced to sit facing the wall wearing only underwear while pain-compliance techniques, exhaust fans, and weapons were used.
- The judicial stay is permanent unless overturned on appeal, so the victims and their families will not see first-degree murder and attempted murder charges tried on their merits.
- Ontario's ombudsman is investigating and has urged the province to address a `growing crisis` as Maplehurst houses around 1,500 inmates and the three accused were set to go on trial sometime next year.
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Murder charges against 3 men stayed over inmate rights violations at Ontario facility (Canada)
An Ontario judge has stayed first-degree murder charges against three men in an alleged "execution-style" killing after concluding that their Charter rights were violated at a Milton, Ont., incarceration facility. Superior Court Justice Clayton Conlan says in his ruling that Joseph Richard...
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Read Full ArticleMurder charges stayed for 3 men subjected to 'torturous state actions' at Maplehurst jail
An Ontario judge has stayed first-degree murder charges against three men in an alleged "execution-style" killing after concluding that their Charter rights were violated at a Milton, Ont., jail.
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