The lawyer for one of three people charged with giving ammunition to the gunman behind Nova Scotia’s April 2020 mass shooting is accusing RCMP of using his client as a “scapegoat” in order to deflect attention away from the force’s own failings during the 13-hour killing rampage.
Court documents filed in the case are shedding new light on how Brian Brewster, the brother-in-law of the gunman’s spouse, alleges he was treated by the Mounties following the killings, and accuse police of violating his charter rights when they interviewed him.
“The police used manipulation and trickery to get statements from him that