Lawyers Accuse Officer of Witness Tampering, Intimidation of Detective Who Looked Into COVID Vaccine, Child Deaths

Published on January 11, 2024

The lawyers for Constable Helen Grus, an Ottawa Police Service (OPS) detective accused of discreditable conduct after investigating the vaccination status of the mothers of deceased infants, accused the head of the service’s Professional Standards Unit of intimidating Ms. Grus by emailing her directions not to use OPS internal documents for her defense. “That’s witness tampering, that is intimidation, that is obstruction. This tribunal should be outraged. I am trying to pull back from exceeding anger from this,” lawyer Blair Ector said during a police disciplinary hearing in Stittsville, Ont., on Jan. 10. “That is beyond unconscionable and we’d like to call him as a witness and I’d like to cross-examine him as a hostile witness.”...