The applicant, A.B., sought a stay of criminal proceedings or exclusion of evidence due to alleged police misconduct by a confidential informant handler (W).
The misconduct included attempts to breach solicitor-client privilege, disparage A.B.'s counsel as a "gangster lawyer," and breach a witness exclusion order during a preliminary hearing.
The court found W's actions constituted a reckless disregard of A.B.'s Charter rights and fundamentally undermined the integrity of the judicial system.
A stay of charges was granted, with an alternative finding that the evidence would be excluded under section 24(2) of the Charter.
