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Coroner says beating led to death of North Delta senior
RCMP Cpl. Benjamin Monty Robinson (right) and his lawyer David Crossin leave B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster on Friday. Robinson was found guilty of obstruction of justice in the 2008 fatal collision that killed Delta motorcyclist Orion Hutchinson.
But those who allegedly assaulted 80-year-old won’t be charged by Kevin Diakiw ALTHOUGH A coroner’s report
directly links an assault on Gerald McDonald to his subsequent death, the people involved in last year’s altercation won’t be charged with causing the 80-year-old’s demise. And no charges of assault in the senior’s beating will be laid. The violence began Sept. 20, 2011 in the 11700 block of 95A Avenue in North Delta, when 48-year-old David McDonald took his three Jack Russell terriers for a walk. A pair of teens Gerald heading down McDonald the road in the opposite direction fanned out, forcing McDonald and his dogs off the road. McDonald said, “Hey, would it hurt you guys to show some common sense and share some of the road?” Soon after, four people appeared at McDonald’s home. A few began hitting two of the cars on the property with baseball bats. See CORONER / Page 3
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Mountie’s dismissal sought Cpl. Benjamin Monty Robinson owed ‘due process’; collects full pay for now by Christine Lyon and Kevin Diakiw CPL. BENJAMIN Monty Robinson continues
to collect full pay from the RCMP after being convicted of obstruction of justice. RCMP Assistant Commissioner Norm Lipinski told a press briefing in Surrey Friday the commanding officer for the RCMP is seeking Robinson’s dismissal, but added Robinson is entitled to “due process.” Lipinski also said in light of the judge’s decision, the Mounties will be launching their own obstruction of justice investigation. A code of conduct investigation is already
underway, and Robinson still faces internal RCMP allegations of disgraceful conduct for operating a motor vehicle while impaired, failing to remain at the scene, and failing to render assistance. On Friday in B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster, Robinson was found guilty of obstructing justice in connection with a road accident that claimed the life of a young Tsawwassen motorcyclist. In her reasons for judgement, Justice Janice Dillon said the Crown proved beyond a reasonable doubt Robinson’s actions after the collision were intended to thwart a proper police
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investigation. She said a responsible, veteran, off-duty police officer in the same situation as Robinson would have acted differently. Robinson was off-duty when his Jeep collided with 21-year-old Orion Hutchinson’s motorcycle at the intersection of Sixth Ave. and Gilchrist Dr. in Delta on Oct. 25, 2008. Following the accident, Robinson gave his driver’s licence to a bystander and left the scene to walk his two children home. Upon his return, he told police he had downed two shots of vodka at home to calm his nerves.
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