It was anything but a regular Sunday shift for Ottawa Police Constable Kellan Moore and the other officers who responded to 911 calls about a “crazy” man, in the throes of a hard-drug induced psychosis, walking down Ogilvie Road on April 4, 2021 at 3:25 in the morning with a sword in his hand.
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When the sword-wielding attacker came around after surgery, he was charged with attempted murder of a police officer.
But his lawyer, Oliver Abergel, was able to negotiate a guilty plea to the lesser offence of assault of a peace officer with a weapon.
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The judge said defence lawyer Oliver Abergel was a “credit” to his client for the effort in negotiations for a lesser offence, and Wadden also thanked Assistant Crown Attorney Malcolm Salvage for his “thorough” work on the case.
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Read Gary Dimmock’s full story: Ottawa Citizen
