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Ottawa, Sen. Mike Duffy’s defence lawyer is harkening back to a similar fraud and breach of trust case involving expenses and a public figure, the late privacy commissioner George Radwanski.
Justice Charles Vaillancourt is listening to arguments over whether a particular Senate committee report should be regarded as factual evidence during the course of the trial.
Defence attorney Donald Bayne wrapped up his arguments on this front by offering a glimpse of some of the case law he intends on using to help Duffy during the trial.
He noted the 2009 decision to acquit Radwanski in the Ontario Court of Justice.
Radwanski’s charges related to a $15,000 travel advance given to him while on the job at the Office of the Privacy Commissioner.
In that case, Ontario Justice Paul Belanger said that while Radwanski displayed a cavalier attitude towards managing his expenses, his office was in a state of administrative and financial disorganization and there was insufficient proof of corrupt intent.
