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An off-duty Toronto constabulary serviceman has received a suspended condemnation and a twelvemonth of probation aft being recovered blameworthy of battle for forcing a Brampton antheral to the crushed successful 2021 implicit a fake Apple ticker successful a Kijiji woody gone bad.
Const. Calvin Au antecedently recovered blameworthy of assault, but not the decease of Brampton's Chadd Facey
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· Posted: Jun 18, 2025 11:44 AM EDT | Last Updated: 6 minutes ago
An off-duty Toronto constabulary serviceman has received a suspended condemnation and a twelvemonth of probation aft being recovered blameworthy of battle for forcing a Brampton antheral to the crushed successful 2021 implicit a fake Apple ticker successful a Kijiji woody gone bad.
Chadd Facey, 19, aboriginal died successful infirmary connected April 26 of that year. But Superior Court Justice Jennifer Woollcombe noted successful her sentencing determination for Const. Calvin Au Wednesday that immoderate proposition that the serviceman caused Facey's decease "must beryllium disregarded," arsenic that wasn't proven during the trial.
Woollcombe noted that her condemnation — which besides includes a weapons prohibition for 3 years — may impact Au's employment arsenic a constabulary officer. But she said immoderate level of deterrence was indispensable successful the lawsuit arsenic Au utilized excessive unit that wasn't tenable successful the circumstances.
"He had constabulary grooming and acquisition successful de-escalation …. and could and should person tried to calm the concern done his words," she said portion delivering her determination successful a downtown Toronto courtoom.
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