Perry has now spent 65 days in jail.
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1450 hours (2:50 pm) – an in camera session to sort out another set of monikers. Then on to retired Constable Kevin Malloy.
Yes. The rabble have finished with retired Constable Michael Quinn. Swish bang. A mini upset and loss of stride for John Callaghan (Cornwall Police Service) when commission counsel Stauffer rose to sort of object to Callaghan leading. Stauffer made mention of the need to be expeditious. Her took pains to ensure his intervention was not to be misconstrued or understood as casting aspersions on Callaghan,
Justice Glaude in turn sort of agreed with Stauffer, but essentially indicated that he is not intervening because at the end of the day he will decide on the validity of the questions put forth and he will decide what weight to put on the testimony.
At that Callaghan quit! Just – quit! Whether in a huff or what I have no idea, but that brought his already brief cross-examination of Michael Quinn to an abrupt and grinding halt!
And thereupon Stauffer was back to conduct his redirect. And thereupon Callaghan seemed to me to be up and down like a yo yo objecting or interjecting.
Anyway, that’s that. Michael Quinn’s testimony is finished. What was gained by putting him on the stand I have no idea. Perhaps commission wanted yet another version of the status and impact of union-management relations from a man who served on the Cornwall Police Association (union) executive? That aside I suppose the collective can dismiss Quinn’s support of Perry and tack him onto the list of Perry’s conspiratorial friends? Or, on the other hand they could build their case of Perry The Liar – I got the sense from the line and tone of some of the questioning they want to spin things around to say that Perry lied to Quinn and had Quinn known what a good for nothing liar Perry is he would have washed his hands of him?
Who knows?
Constable Kevin Malloy has been sworn in and commenced his testimony. Allegations against Roman Catholic school teacher Marcel Lalonde are at the heart of the examination in chief right now. We heard some specifics of Lalonde’s “alleged” overtures annd abuse of an “alleged” victim (a crew party after a theatre group production – back to Lalonde’s home – Lalonde told a boy to drop his trousers “to look” – then on to pressuring the lad to take off his undershorts – then oral sex. Justice Glaude was uncomfortable with all that. He wondered if this was necessary. Manderville (Cornwall Police) objected to reference of sexual assault because there was no charges on those allegations.
Any, away we go…
Enough for now
Sylvia