OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed appeals from two men convicted of perjury in connection with a notorious Taser death at Vancouver’s airport in 2007. The court rejected the appeals immediately after hearing them. Kwesi Millington and Benjamin (Monty) Robinson were among four Mounties charged with perjury following a public inquiry into the death of Robert Dziekanski. Both men were convicted of lying to the public inquiry about their actions around Dziekanski’s death. Supreme Court convictions, arguing that the trial judge made a mistake in assessing the evidence against them.

Source: National Post October 30, 2017 17:03 UTC