A Toronto police officer who allegedly ate marijuana-laced edibles on duty is maintaining her innocence and intends to fight her charges in court, according to her lawyer. Const. Jamie Young, who has two years of service with Toronto police, is charged with attempting to obstruct justice and breach of trust in connection to a Jan. 27 incident in which she and her partner allegedly consumed cannabis edibles that had just been seized from a pot dispensary raid while on-duty and armed. In a brief court appearance Tuesday, her lawyer Domenic Basile said Young wants to take the charges to trial to be heard before a judge and jury. A preliminary hearing date has been set for October, with a trial likely in 2020 if the inquiry finds there’s sufficient evidence.“I am very happy we have an excellent justice system in Canada where you’re presumed innocent and the Crown has to prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt, and my client maintains her innocence,” Basile told reporters outside court.Last week Young’s co-accused, former police officer Vittorio Dominelli, was handed a nine-month conditional sentence after pleading guilty to attempting to obstruct justice. He has also resigned from the Toronto police and told the court last month he was “truly remorseful” for his actions, saying the incident changed his life. Dominelli is likely to be called as a Crown witness in the case, Basile said.Read more:Ex-Toronto cop gets conditional sentence, house arrest for eating seized pot edibles on dutyFormer Toronto cop who ate pot edibles on duty pleads guilty to attempting to obstruct justiceTwo Toronto police officers accused of consuming marijuana edibles while on dutyAccording to an agreed statement of facts in Domenelli’s case, he and Young obtained cannabis-laced chocolate following a raid of the Community Cannabis Clinic on St. Clair Ave. W., and decided to try it later in their shift while working surveillance. Court heard tha ...
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