ollie Posted May 11, 2006 Report Share Posted May 11, 2006 Maurice Vellacott is one of my least favourite members of the CPC but I didn't think his comments were all that inflammatory. Tory MP resigns as committee chair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted May 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2006 Yeah, he jumped before he was pushed. Regardless, I think a mountain is being made out of a mole hill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hux Posted May 11, 2006 Report Share Posted May 11, 2006 Dude, the motion to have him step down was more about his comments about aboriginals and specifically this. Vellacott says the officers didn't leave Night in the middle of nowhere. He says the drop-off point was only two-and-a-half kilometres from where one of Night's relatives lived.Vellacott argues Night could have easily walked there. He also set up a legal defence fund for the officers. Please note this post in now way represents a spin by Hux in any way to suggest the Liberal Party is gaining on the Conservative Party of Canada in the polls.Sask MP wants Munson and Hatchen case reopened Last Updated Jul 5 2004 02:19 PM CDTCBC News A Saskatoon MP is lobbying the province to grant a new trial to two former police officers convicted of unlawful confinement.Cst. Dan Hatchen and Cst. Ken Munson were sentenced to six months in jail for abandoning Darrell Night on the outskirts of Saskatoon in January 2000.Jan. 20, 2003: Disgraced ex-cops appeal conviction, sentence Conservative MP Maurice Vellacott says that was a miscarriage of justice, and there is now new evidence in the case.Vellacott says the officers didn't leave Night in the middle of nowhere. He says the drop-off point was only two-and-a-half kilometres from where one of Night's relatives lived.Vellacott argues Night could have easily walked there. "These individuals dropped him off in the vicinity close at hand, as opposed to way at some remote distance, so we can quibble about distances, but he wasn't arbitrarily dropped off in the middle of nowhere," says Vellacott. He says the jury may have reached a different verdict if that evidence had been presented at trial.But Night's lawyer, Don Worme, points out that four different judges reviewed the case and all of them came to the same conclusion that Munson and Hatchen were properly convicted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted May 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2006 Dude, the motion to have him step down was more about his comments about aboriginals and specifically...My bad then. The article I linked suggests he stepped down because of the comments he made about Superior Court judges. It doesn't mention his defence of the police officers until the last paragraph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hux Posted May 11, 2006 Report Share Posted May 11, 2006 The latest comments basically poured gas on the fire..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d_rawk Posted May 11, 2006 Report Share Posted May 11, 2006 Please note this post in now way represents a spin by Hux in any way to suggest the Liberal Party is gaining on the Conservative Party of Canada in the polls.Heh! :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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