“When I was in, on the stand or statements that I wrote, I guess that there was some stuff that was, was false” halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/when-…
After police gave him $17,550, Paul Smith became the main Crown witness in Randy Riley's 2018 murder trial. Riley was convicted.... 2/
But last year, Smith came forward to say he had lied on the stand, and that his testimony against Riley was false. Moreover, it appears the Crown knew Smith lied on the stand, and did nothing about it. Now, Smith has disappeared. 3/
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FINTRAC had issued a "Suspicious Transaction Report" related both GW and his firm, Northumberland Investments. It's not clear if that STR was issued before or after the mass murders of April 18/19.
The STR showed activity related to GW's PayPal account "towards the purchases of vehicle accessories commonly used by police, including items explicitly labeled as being intended for police use via eBay."
Additionally, FINTRAC issued STRs related to GW's credit cards for purchases at GCSuprplus Ottawa for more than $15K. Somoe of the purchases were for decommissioned police cars.
BREAKING (And yes, I'm coming out of vacation for this)... *some* of the redactions in the search warrants in the mass murder investigation have been un-redacted 1/
This one jumps out at me: one person who knew GW told police he "[GW] builds fires and burns bodies, is a sexual predator and supplies drugs in Portapique and Economy, Nova Scotia"
This was a statement given by someone (unknown to me) to the Halifax police on April 19.
There will NOT be a public inquiry into the April 18/19 mass murders. Instead, a 3-member Independent Review Panel, chaired by former NS Courts Chief Justice Michael MacDonald. Here are the Terms of Reference: halifaxexaminer.ca/wp-content/upl… 1/
The other 2 members are former Liberal cabinet member Anne McLellan and Leanne Fitch, the former chief of police in Fredericton. Backgrounder here: halifaxexaminer.ca/wp-content/upl… 2/
Unlike a public inquiry, the review panel will not have the power to compel testimony, nor will it have subpoena power. The government ministers say, however, that all government institutions have agreed to “participate fully” 3/