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Justice John Sutherland
Ontario Court of Justice
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John Sutherland was formerly the director of the Ontario Special Investigations Unit (SIU).
John Sutherland cleared the Peel Region police officer Constable Will Vander Weir of any wrong doing despite the fact that the evidence was that Vander Weir sucker punched Tran breaking his jaw in two places.
After the SIU decided not to lay a charge, Tran, 24 at the time, went before a court to persuade a justice of the peace to lay a criminal charge against Const. Vander Wier.
The justice of the peace agreed with Tran and issued the charge of assault causing bodily harm against the officer.
But Tran did not show up for a court appearance and the Peel Regional prosecutor’s office, which works closely with Peel police officers such as Vander Wier, withdrew the charge. They did not provide any reasons for doing so, said Peter Zaduk, Tran’s lawyer.
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Check out the decisions
R. v. Tran, 2010 ONSC 5427 (CanLII)