The Surrey RCMP had a seven-member team investigating Doug McCallum91裸聊视频檚 complaint alleging his foot had been run over by a car, in the parking lot of a South Surrey grocery store on Sept. 4, 2021, a Surrey provincial court judge heard Tuesday during the second day of the outgoing mayor91裸聊视频檚 public mischief trial.

Defence lawyer Richard Peck, K.C., noted this was for 91裸聊视频渇or what I would describe as a minor hit-and-run.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淧retty extraordinary isn91裸聊视频檛 it?91裸聊视频� Peck asked Crown witness Sgt. Andre Johnny, the prime investigator, to which the officer replied, 91裸聊视频淣o.91裸聊视频�

Johnny noted McCallum had gone to hospital.

91裸聊视频淣o, not necessarily minor,91裸聊视频� he said.

91裸聊视频淭o this day you cannot say conclusively whether the foot was run over?91裸聊视频� Peck asked.

91裸聊视频淣o I cannot,91裸聊视频� Johnny replied.

Peck noted a police document indicates a police officer saying they 91裸聊视频渃annot say conclusively whether that foot was run over or not.91裸聊视频�

Judge Reginald Harris is presiding over Doug McCallum91裸聊视频檚 public mischief trial in courtroom 101, Surrey provincial court91裸聊视频檚 largest courtroom. The former Surrey mayor is charged with one count of public mischief contrary to Section 140(2) of the Criminal Code, stemming from an encounter on Sept. 4, 2021 between himself and a group of volunteers that was gathering petition signatures outside the South Point Save-On-Foods store in South Surrey South for a referendum on the city91裸聊视频檚 policing transition.

Peck noted senior officers were 91裸聊视频渁dvising, admonishing impartiality91裸聊视频� from the investigators to which Johnny replied, 91裸聊视频淲e need to look at both sides of the story91裸聊视频� to determine if any deception is present.

Peck noted the idea of putting a surveillance team on McCallum was brought up at a police briefing.

91裸聊视频淗e91裸聊视频檚 a 77-year-old man going about his business,91裸聊视频� the lawyer noted.

Johnny said the purpose would have been to see how McCallum was walking, to see if he was injured.

91裸聊视频淵ou need a surveillance team to determine how a man91裸聊视频檚 walking?91裸聊视频� Peck asked.

Johnny said the idea was brought up during a 91裸聊视频渂rainstorming session91裸聊视频� but was ultimately shut down.

91裸聊视频淚t was someone from the management team who said, 91裸聊视频榥o surveillance,91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频� Johnny said.

Peck said McCallum told police 91裸聊视频渉e felt he was being targeted this day for harassment,91裸聊视频� referring to Sept. 4, 2021. In response to this, Johnny said 91裸聊视频減eople speak to each other in that manner all the time,91裸聊视频� in terms of 91裸聊视频渟creaming91裸聊视频� at each other.

91裸聊视频淗arassment was never the issue,91裸聊视频� he said, but rather, the MVA.

The trial continues.

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