Long-awaited hearing into Myles Gray’s death after police takedown delayed again until fall
The public hearing into the 2015 death of Myles Gray, following a violent police takedown in Vancouver, has been delayed again until fall 2024 due to the need for one officer to secure new legal representation. The hearing, which began in January, was previously delayed after a misconduct incident involving a live microphone led to the resignation of the original counsel. Gray's death was ruled a homicide in a 2023 coroner's inquest, but no criminal charges have been filed and a prior disciplinary process found no misconduct by the seven officers involved.
- ▪Myles Gray died in 2015 after sustaining severe injuries during a police takedown, including a fractured eye socket and ruptured testicles.
- ▪The 2023 coroner's inquest ruled Gray's death a homicide, but a police disciplinary process found no misconduct by the seven officers involved.
- ▪The upcoming hearing was delayed because Const. Nick Thompson's lawyer, Scott Wright, was appointed to the B.C. provincial court and can no longer represent him.
- ▪Another delay occurred earlier when counsel Brad Hickford resigned after an obscenity was caught on a live microphone during the proceedings.
- ▪Adjudicator Elizabeth Arnold-Bailey stated the earliest available date for resuming the hearing is late September 2024.
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Open this photo in gallery:Protesters in Burnaby, B.C., hold banners with a photograph of Myles Gray before the start of a coroner's inquest into his death in 2023.DARRYL DYCK/The Canadian PressShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountThe long-anticipated public hearing into the police-involved death of Myles Gray in 2015 is being delayed again to give one of the seven Vancouver officers under investigation time to find a new lawyer.The recent appointment of lawyer Scott Wright as a judge to the B.C. provincial court means he can no longer represent Const.
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