The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed appeals from two men convicted of perjury in connection with a notorious Taser death at Vancouver’s airport in 2007.
The court rejected the appeals immediately after hearing them.
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Kwesi Millington and Benjamin (Monty) Robinson were among four Mounties charged with perjury following a public inquiry into Dziekanski’s death, after he was was jolted several times with a Taser at in the arrivals area of the airport.
Millington and Robinson were convicted; the other two RCMP members were acquitted.
Dziekanski, a Polish immigrant who spoke no English, had become agitated and began throwing furniture in the airport’s international terminal after spending nine hours stranded in the arrivals area.
The four officers were called to the scene, with one of them deploying a Taser on Dziekanski within seconds of their arrival.
Cisowski said that while the ruling won’t bring her son back, it offers closure and has helped restore her faith in the justice system.
“Very good, even though I cry,” she said. “I’m feeling very happy that justice is for Robert.”
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Millington was sentenced to 30 months in prison and Robinson was sentenced to two years less a day, one year of probation and 240 hours of community service.
Because the justice ruled from the bench, formal reasons for their decision were not immediately available.
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