Sgt. Mark Smith was accused of initially not volunteering to the court that two officers had entered the Richard Oland murder scene. It had not been mentioned in his notes.

The only senior police officer held accountable for the massive breach of civil rights that occurred during the turbulent G20 summit in Toronto seven years ago has lost his bid to overturn professional misconduct findings against him and instead will face stiffer punishment.

Did the trial judge make an error in law when answering a question posed by the jury while deliberating the fate of Philip Grandine? That's the question at the centre of a court of appeal hearing being heard at Osgoode Hall.