Back for the beginning of another week of #MengWanzhou extradition proceedings in BC Supreme Court. Defence is still making their case in relation to allegations Meng's rights were violated during arrest cbc.ca/news/canada/br…
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Defence lawyer Scott Fenton begins by speaking about the "unprecedented" refusal by former Staff Sgt. Ben Chang NOT to testify at Meng's extradition proceedings ... says "there is a certain shock value" that Chang won't allow himself to be cross-examined
He says the judge should place "no reliance" on affidavit ... and place an "adverse inference" on the fact that Chang is refusing ... Here's a story taken from defence documents on this argument cbc.ca/news/canada/br…
Fenton says Chang would be the "most important witness" on the collection of alleged sharing of electronic serial numbers ... "we could have made considerable headway" in cross-examining him ...
Fenton is now detailing what he says are inconsistencies in an interview Chang had with the Crown - to other evidence that shows he was asked to collect info about Meng's electronic devices ...
Note - the Crown's response to this is that the defence should have compelled Chang to testify - and to draw an adverse inference from the fact they didn't. Fenton cites law that says the judge should reject that logic ...
"This is a rare event" Fenton says ...
Judge asks whether - if she agrees not to rely on Chang's affidavit .. .she can also draw an adverse inference from it. "Doesn't an adverse inference go further than simply placing no reliance on the affidavit?"
Fenton now moving onto next section - which covers fact that all Staff Sgt. Ben Chang's text and email messages were destroyed when he retired ... "this was done at a time when the AG and the RCMP were clearly on notice" from defence
Fenton says the RCMP's system is "built to fail" in that there's no archiving and no backup for Chang's emails ...
Judge calls for break!

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24 Mar
Crown about to resume arguments at #MengWanzhou extradition proceedings ... here is a recap of yesterday's events: cbc.ca/news/canada/br…
Crown lawyer Diba Majzub begins by telling judge that CBSA acted reasonably in deciding to examine #MengWanzhou before the RCMP arrested her ...
Majzub says the Crown's argument "in a nutshell" is that there wasn't a "battle for immediacy" between RCMP and CBSA on #MengWanzhou arrival - but that RCMP acted reasonably in letting CBSA go first - not to carry out a covert plot for which there is no evidence
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23 Mar
Crown lawyer Robert Frater says he's going to speak for 30 minutes only - asks the judge to "step out of the weeds"
He says there are two different narratives - the exciting one - and the more "prosaic" one ... the one involving conspiracy ... and the one that just involves two public bodies trying to figure out how to go about an unprecedented situation
Frater tells the judge not to lose focus on the law ... says she needs to keep the applicable test for abuse of process in mind from Regina vs Babos ... scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-cs…
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23 Mar
The #MengWanzhou extradition proceedings are about to begin for the day. Defence lawyer Richard Peck said he expects to take another hour - interesting to hear the response from the Crown soon cbc.ca/news/canada/br…
I see the judge overseeing the hearing has denied an application from #MengWanzhou to introduce evidence from a Huawei accountant who would have said HSBC didn't really risk losing any money - suggesting the allegation of fraud could not be supported bccourts.ca/jdb-txt/sc/21/…
The judge echoes the Crown's point on this element of the #MengWanzhou case: "The simple fact of a loan, even a loan that has been repaid, may satisfy the deprivation element of fraud. The law does not require an assessment of the risk of non-repayment."
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22 Mar
Back with #MengWanzhou defence lead Richard Peck who says the failure to take adequate notes amounts to a dereliction of duty for the RCMP and CBSA officers involved in arrest
Peck says a deliberate decision not to take notes is a violation of Charter Section 7 ... because it impedes a person's ability to defend themselves
Peck says "There are problems with mere negligence if that’s what is happening … It becomes much more serious if there’s a deliberate determination not to take notes …"
Read 5 tweets
22 Mar
Fenton accuses RCMP of "unacceptable negligence" in the destruction of former Staff Sgt. Ben Chang's emails ...
Fenton is done - next up is Richard Peck - on credibility and reliability
Peck begin by saying the reliability and credibility are both issues in the #MengWanzhou case ...
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27 Sep 19
Police report into northern B.C. homicides says Bryer Schmegelsky and Kam McLeod recorded videos admitting to killing all three victims - but gave no motive for the crimes
13-page report details investigation into murders of Lucas Fowler, Chynna Deese and Leonard Dyck last July as well as the investigation into the two killers ...
Among the details ... gun casings found at the scenes of both murders matched the guns that Schmegelsky and McLeod ultimately used to kill themselves in northern Manitoba
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