Lawyers call for release of all documents, public inquiry into police conduct during Umar Zameer murder trial

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Lawyers for Umar Zameer are calling for a public inquiry into the conduct of three police officers, and the full release of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) report related to the first-degree murder trial in the death of Det. Const. Jeffrey Northrup.Nader Hassan wants the OPP and Toronto Police Service (TPS) to release the full accident report they put together for the report that was released on Tuesday; that all communication between the OPP, TPS and Toronto Police Association (TPA) about the investigation be disclosed; and that a public inquiry be held into the conduct of TPS officers in the case. “We need to now set the record straight about this so-called OPP report that was released this week,” he said. “We are here today because we are witnessing a chilling moment in the history of the Canadian justice system.”Northrup, a plainclothes officer, was fatally run over by a vehicle in an underground parking garage at Toronto City Hall in July 2021. Zameer was acquitted of all charges two years ago.During her final instructions to the jury, Ontario Superior Court Justice Anne Molloy told them to consider the possibility that three officers who served as the prosecution’s key witnesses had colluded.Toronto police asked the OPP to conduct an independent review in light of the judge’s “adverse comments.”The report found no evidence of collusion among Det. Lisa Forbes, Det. Const. Antonio Correa and Det. Const. Scharnil Pais at the murder trial. The president of the Toronto Police Association and Premier Doug Ford have since called on Justice Molloy to publicly apologize to the three officers. More to comeWith files from Patricia D’Cunha, Shauna Hunt and Erica Natividad