Lawyers Ask for Dismissal of Case Against Detective Charged for Probing Vaccine-Child Death Link

Published on January 9, 2024

OTTAWA—Lawyers for Helen Grus, an Ottawa Police Service (OPS) detective charged with discreditable conduct after investigating the vaccination status of the mothers of deceased infants, have asked for her disciplinary hearing case to be dismissed, saying prosecutors had failed to prove the charges against her. “Our position is that the tribunal should move for a dismissal of the disciplinary proceedings against Detective Helen Grus,” defence lawyer Bath-Sheba van den Berg said during a police disciplinary hearing in Kanata, Ont., on Jan. 8. “The prosecutor has not proffered evidence relevant to the elements of the discreditable conduct charge against Detective Grus. Upon the facts in the law, no case has been made against Detective Grus.”...

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