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Vancouver Jail Guards Don't Remember Alleged Assault On Bobbi O'Shea: Defence Lawyer

The Canadian Press, 02 Jun, 2015 01:03 PM
    VANCOUVER — A Vancouver court has heard that jail guards accused of tethering an aboriginal woman to a cell door have no memory of the alleged assault.
     
    Bobbi O'Shea is suing the City of Vancouver and four police constables claiming that in 2008, guards bound her feet with a strap and pulled it hard under the door.
     
    The civil trial began with a lawyer saying the accused constables don't recall the alleged incident, and as a result two will not testify.
     
    Iain Dixon also says the city is not liable because the woman failed to make a report within two months, as is required by a law specific to Vancouver.
     
    O'Shea's lawyer says his client has a reasonable excuse for missing the deadline, noting she became homeless and addicted to crack cocaine for about a year after the alleged assault.
     
    Doug King contends she was placed in a leg restraint system after protesting observation by a male guard, and that she suffered lasting injuries and emotional trauma.

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