(Halifax) The spouse of the Nova Scotia mass shooter says she was charged with supplying the killer with ammunition because the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) wanted to distract from mistakes made during the his investigation.
Posted at 4:43 p.m.
In a lawsuit filed Oct. 21 in the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, Lisa Banfield accuses the RCMP and the province’s public prosecution service of conspiring to stage a malicious pursuit that resulted in a “baseless and made from scratch.”
The allegations have not been verified in court and federal and provincial attorneys general – both named in the lawsuit – could not immediately be reached for comment on the case.
The prosecution also alleges that the charge against Mr.me Banfield, who was removed in July after she went through a restorative justice process, aimed to make it look like the RCMP was doing something after a federal-provincial investigation opened in July 2020.
Additionally, M.me Banfield alleges that the RCMP failed to advise her of her right to have counsel present when she provided recorded statements to officers and explained her actions to them on the night of April 18-19, 2020.
The document concludes by arguing that the charge was unlawful because the RCMP and the Crown failed to acknowledge that Ms.me Banfield had suffered violence from her spouse, putting her life in danger throughout their relationship.