HALIFAX — A defence lawyer has appeared to suggest that off-duty police officer Catherine Campbell died during a consensual sexual encounter inside a Halifax apartment after encouraging Christopher Garnier to choke her. Pink suggested Ms. B had a fantasy about being dominated and told Mr. A to choke her, and that he was applying pressure to her neck when she asked him to slap her. Pink asked Bowes if the hypothetical scenario would fall into the category of erotic asphyxiation, and he agreed, conceding the possibilities in the hypothetical could not be excluded. Bowes also conceded he did not consider erotic asphyxiation when doing his autopsy, which concluded Campbell had died of strangulation. The 29-year-old man, who met Campbell at a Halifax bar, has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder and interfering with a dead body.

Source: National Post November 28, 2017 15:22 UTC