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Robert Dziekanski's Mother Wants To Read Statement At B.C. Mountie's Sentencing Hearing

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 07 May, 2015 12:45 PM
    VANCOUVER — A B.C. Supreme Court judge will decide whether Robert Dziekanski's mother should be allowed to read a victim impact statement to a Mountie guilty of lying about her son's death.
     
    A lawyer for Zofia Cisowski (cha-SOFF'-ski) has argued that she qualifies as a victim who should read her statement at today's sentencing hearing for Const. Kwesi Millington.
     
    Millington and Cpl. Benjamin (Monty) Robinson were each convicted of lying at a public inquiry into the 2007 Taser-related death of the Polish immigrant at Vancouver's airport.
     
    They were among four officers who responded to reports of the Polish immigrant throwing furniture around the international terminal before he was stunned with a Taser and died.
     
    Constables Gerry Rundel and Bill Bentley were each acquitted of perjury charges, though the Crown is appealing Bentley's verdict.
     
    Perjury carries a maximum sentence of 14 years, and Cisowski says she hopes Millington spends time behind bars.

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