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Perjury conviction upheld for former Mountie linked to Dziekanski case

Jan 11, 2017 | 10:06 AM

VANCOUVER — British Columbia’s Court of Appeal has upheld the conviction of a former Mountie found guilty of perjury in relation to the death of a Polish immigrant in Vancouver in 2007.

In a two-to-one decision, a panel of three judges refused to overturn a lower court’s decision that found Benjamin (Monty) Robinson had lied to a public inquiry about the circumstances surrounding the death of Robert Dziekanski.

Robinson was the senior of four officers who were called to the Vancouver International Airport on Oct. 14, 2007, after Dziekanski began throwing furniture in the arrivals terminal.

A stun gun was used repeatedly on Dziekanski after police arrived before he died.