Defence questions Winnipeg cop’s testimony that colleague pointed gun at her
Posted Apr 25, 2019 03:26:44 PM.
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WINNIPEG — A defence lawyer asked a female police officer in Winnipeg how no one could have seen a male colleague point a shotgun at her on two occasions when many people were around.
Former officer Leroy Gold is on trial on charges of pointing a firearm and uttering threats stemming from two alleged encounters with Const. Danielle Prefontaine in 2016.
Prefontaine testified that in May of that year she was in a parking garage at police headquarters when Gold pointed the gun at her groin and uttered, “Boom, right in the crotch.”
Six months later she said she was in a room at police headquarters when Gold pressed the gun against her rib cage and said, “I know what you need.”
Defence attorney Richard Wolson told court both incidents happened during a busy shift change and questioned how no one could have witnessed it or heard the two speak afterwards.
He suggests Gold make a joke about his colleague filing overtime and she got angry.
The defence is to call witnesses Thursday afternoon.
The Canadian Press
