Ontario to appoint Crown to prosecute OPP chief

Shannon Kari, National Post Published: Tuesday, January 12, 2010

OPP Chief Julian Fantino is facing a criminal charge of attempting to influence municipal officials as a result of an email he sent in 2007 to a councillor in Haldimand County in Southern Ontario, ...

The Ontario government is going ahead with plans to appoint one of its own Crown attorneys to prosecute Julian Fantino, even though it tried to stop criminal charges against the Commissioner of the OPP from going ahead.

A provincial Crown will first address the matter in court on Friday morning.

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