A long-time Toronto justice of the peace has been found guilty of judicial misconduct for repeatedly inserting himself into an assault case in which his friend-turner-partner was the alleged victim. Tom Foulds, appointed to the bench in 1999, “exploited his position as justice of the peace,” according to a 57-page decision from a hearing panel of the Justices of the Peace Review Council, released Thursday. “The hearing panel concludes that, on any objective assessment, His Worship’s repeated acts of misconduct resulted in the administration of justice being brought into disrepute,” says the decision. The three-member hearing panel — comprising a judge, a justice of the peace and a community member — rejected Foulds’ statement that he was not fully aware at the time that the information related to AA and BB. The panel noted that Foulds had even attended the police station a few days earlier with AA when she reported her accusation against BB.

Source: thestar February 01, 2018 23:15 UTC