- Edward Sapiano
Edward Sapiano is a Canadian defence attorney, based in
Toronto, Ontario , notable for his role in the Toronto terrorism trial.His allegations sparked an internal probe into allegations of corruption within the
Toronto Police Services , [http://auto_sol.tao.ca/node/view/51] which saw 8 officers charged with stealing money from a fund meant to pay drug informats. [cite news
url=http://www.mapinc.org/newscfdp/v00/n1752/a03.html?28484
title=Allegations against Police could trigger drug appeals
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publisher=Globe and Mail
author=Kirk Makin ,Gay Abbate
date=Friday,24 November 2000
accessdate=2008-04-27
quote=]In February 2005, he called for
Ontario Superior Court JusticeEugene Ewaschuk to be removed from the trial of accused murdererRichard Brewster due to his Sapiano's belief that Ewaschuk had a "20 year history" of creating the perception of bias against defendants. [Kari, Shannon. "Judge asked to step down from trial". CanWest News. February 11, 2005]His claims that police informant
Mubin Shaikh 's cocaine addiction may have skewed his reports that led to the arrests of the alleged terrorists was dismissed by Shaikh who insisted that Sapiano had the chronology wrong and that the drug use didn't begin until after the alleged plot began.As of 2008, police informantMubin Shaikh admitted that "the case is not as strong as suggested" - but still believed that a number of the accused would be found guilty. [http://thefacesbehind.net TheFacesBehind.net] , [http://www.thefacesbehind.net/main/page_the_interviews_mubindrugs.html CSIS informant admits cocaine, marijuana use during investigation] , April 2008]References
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