Outgoing Surrey mayor Doug McCallum91裸聊视频檚 seven-day trial on a charge of public mischief began Monday morning (Oct. 31) in Surrey provincial court with a plea of not guilty.

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McCallum91裸聊视频檚 charge stems from an encounter on Sept. 4, 2021 between himself and a group of volunteers who were gathering petition signatures outside the South Point Save-On-Foods store in South Surrey for a referendum on the policing transition.

Special prosecutor Richard Fowler told Judge Reginald Harris on Monday that McCallum told police Surrey-resident Deborah Johnstone ran over his leg and foot with a Mustang two-door convertible and drove off in a 91裸聊视频渧ery dangerous91裸聊视频� manner.

The prosecutor told the court McCallum walked away and later that day told police Johnstone 91裸聊视频渏ust about91裸聊视频� pinned him to his car and as she pulled away 91裸聊视频渟he actually floored it91裸聊视频� and purposefully turned toward him and ran over his foot. 91裸聊视频淚 really on this one want to go after her,91裸聊视频� Fowler said McCallum told police.

Fowler said 91裸聊视频渢he question will be91裸聊视频� if McCallum intended to mislead police into believing she had done something illegal 91裸聊视频渂y making false statements to the police with the intention to cause Ms. Johnstone to be suspected of having committed an offence.91裸聊视频�

The court reviewed CCTV footage from the grocery store91裸聊视频檚 entrance looking out into the parking lot where Johnstone confronted McCallum, they had an exchange, she drove off and he then walked to the store.

91裸聊视频淚 said 91裸聊视频楻esign, McCallum91裸聊视频� when she first saw him at the scene, Johnstone told the court. She said the roof was down on her car, which she was sitting in. It was parked, she said, and indicated she was roughly 15 feet away from him.

She said McCallum walked in front of her car and over to her passenger side and asked her, 91裸聊视频淲hat did you say, madam?91裸聊视频� to which she again told him to resign.

91裸聊视频淚t became unpleasantries between the two of us, back and forth,91裸聊视频� Johnstone said. 91裸聊视频淚t was a heated debate. I told him he was the worst mayor that Surrey ever had. I told him he was mean-spirited and a liar.

91裸聊视频淚 swore at him,91裸聊视频� she testified. 91裸聊视频淚 made a reference to him having a scaly face. I called him a scaly-faced motherf91裸聊视频�-er.91裸聊视频�

She said McCallum was saying things back.

91裸聊视频淗e told me I was a loud mouth, and something to the effect that I was no good for Surrey,91裸聊视频� she said. 91裸聊视频淗e told me I wasn91裸聊视频檛 allowed to be there.91裸聊视频�

Johnstone said the exchange lasted about a minute. McCallum had spit at the side of his mouth, she said.

91裸聊视频淗e was angry.91裸聊视频�

She told the court McCallum threatened to call Bylaws on her and she replied for him to fill his boots, she91裸聊视频檇 call the RCMP.

91裸聊视频淎s I drove away I yelled, 91裸聊视频榊ou91裸聊视频檙e evil.91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频�

Johnstone told the court that she drove away slowly because she was in a parking lot. She said her intent was to find parking.

She didn91裸聊视频檛 hear, feel or see anything unexpected, she said, and doesn91裸聊视频檛 recall McCallum saying anything to her as she drove off.

Johnstone testified that later that afternoon she received a call from police asking her to come to the station 91裸聊视频渁s there had been an incident.

91裸聊视频淚 went of my own free will,91裸聊视频� she said.

When she got to the station, she said, she spoke with an officer.

91裸聊视频淗e told me I was being investigated for assault with a weapon and criminal harassment.91裸聊视频�

McCallum sat with his lawyers and momentarily twiddled his thumbs while listening to Johnstone91裸聊视频檚 testimony as roughly two dozen people, six of them reporters, listened from the gallery.

In cross examination Monday, Peck asked Johnstone about her saying, 91裸聊视频楬oly crap, it91裸聊视频檚 McCallum91裸聊视频� and that it was her 91裸聊视频渓ucky day.91裸聊视频�

He asked her why it was her 91裸聊视频渓ucky day?91裸聊视频�

She replied McCallum would typically put bylaw officers on the volunteers.

91裸聊视频淣ow he91裸聊视频檚 going to have to confront all of us on his day off.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 been a long four years,91裸聊视频� she said. 91裸聊视频淚 have tried very hard just to be heard.91裸聊视频�

Peck suggested she uses 91裸聊视频渧ile91裸聊视频� language 91裸聊视频渢o intimidate and instill fear in people.91裸聊视频�

To this Johnstone responded, 91裸聊视频淚 do it to let them know what they91裸聊视频檙e doing is not appropriate.91裸聊视频�

Peck asked her about an incident during which she went to McCallum91裸聊视频檚 home in Crescent Beach. 91裸聊视频淗e was not governing the city in a democratic way,91裸聊视频� she replied. She added she thought it a legitimate way to protest and that she was not on his property.

91裸聊视频淛ust so you know, I voted for Mr. McCallum in 2018,91裸聊视频� she said.

91裸聊视频淢r. Peck, there have been many things that have gone wrong.91裸聊视频�

She told the court about her hanging out a sign during a provincial election when she saw someone in a black SUV with a gun.

91裸聊视频淚 also reported the death threat that was sprayed on my garage.91裸聊视频�

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Peck said she had no rational basis to suggest McCallum was behind these acts.

91裸聊视频淚 can91裸聊视频檛 say Mr. McCallum did it,91裸聊视频� Johnstone retorted, adding she assumed it was 91裸聊视频渓ousy supporters91裸聊视频� of his.

Peck asked Johnstone if it91裸聊视频檚 her habit to demean people with physical disabilities, referencing her comment about McCallum91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频渟caly91裸聊视频� face.

91裸聊视频淣o,91裸聊视频� she replied. 91裸聊视频淢r. McCallum has been very disrespectful to me.91裸聊视频�

The Crown is proceeding summarily in McCallum91裸聊视频檚 trial.

Criminal cases are prosecuted either by indictment, summarily or a hybrid of the two. Summary offences are the least serious of the three.

A person charged with an indictable offence is required to appear in court whereas someone accused of a summary offence does not, unless a judge says otherwise. A summary offence in B.C. is considered to be in the realm of petty crime and under the Criminal Code of Canada is the least serious type of offence.

After a 13-year break from the mayor91裸聊视频檚 chair, which he occupied from 1996 to 2005, McCallum was sworn in by a judge on Nov. 5, 2018 for his fourth term as Surrey91裸聊视频檚 mayor.

Brenda Locke, of Surrey Connect, defeated him for the mayor91裸聊视频檚 seat in the Oct. 15 election by 973 votes with 33,311 to McCallum91裸聊视频檚 32,338. One of her election promises was to make McCallum pay for his own legal costs in this case, rather than Surrey taxpayers having to foot the bill.

Locke said Monday she91裸聊视频檚 instructed city staff to that end, 91裸聊视频渁nd that they are to seek outside legal for an opinion regarding the city91裸聊视频檚 obligation.91裸聊视频�

It91裸聊视频檚 been a day of raw emotions. A man who had been in the courtroom was wrestled down and detained by sheriffs following a ruckus on an upper floor of the courthouse during the afternoon break.

The trial continues.

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