The case has compelled Toronto police to hand over internal documents detailing how it handled Censoni’s theft and those of Paul Worden, a veteran homicide cop who stole drugs “at least” 27 times in the span of three years, according to an internal memo. “The Toronto police took inadequate actions towards security during a period in 20, when it came to light that there were a wide variety of thefts from that locker system,” defence lawyer David Heath told the court Friday, summarizing arguments he’s making alongside lawyers Kabir Sharma and George Gray. A joint court application makes allegations of “a serious problem” in Toronto police’s drug-security apparatus. Last week, three remaining co-accused argued their charges, too, should be stayed or the evidence against them tossed due to police misconduct that violated their Charter rights. Charges against two Project Sunder accused were suddenly dropped last month one day after ex-cop Lorenzino Censoni testified about how he stole drug evidence, then had a near-fatal overdose not far from the police station. Vulnerabilities in Toronto police’s “dated” drug evidence storage system meant thefts by officers “may have occurred” but gone undetected, according to a never-before-seen report from the Ontario Provincial Police - the result of an investigation into a veteran cop who repeatedly stole opioids from police stations across the city.įindings of the confidential report were made public - albeit in a heavily redacted form - on Friday inside a downtown courtroom, where concerns about the security of Toronto police drug evidence have taken centre stage in an ongoing drug trial stemming from “Project Sunder,” a massive 2020 anti-gang takedown that resulted in hundreds of gun and drug charges and over 100 arrests.ĭrug tampering by an officer in the case has already affected at least five prosecutions.
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