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Last Updated: Monday, April 28, 2008 | 9:36 AM ET
The Crown prosecutor in a collapsed corruption case against members of the Toronto police drug squad wrote letters in which he complained of a lack of support from the police department and at one point threatened to abandon the case, CBC News has learned.
In January, Ontario Superior Court Justice Ian Nordheimer threw out charges of conspiracy, theft and assault against members of a drug squad led by veteran officer John Schertzer. The charges were the result of a three-year, $8 million investigation by an RCMP-led special task force, which also included members of the Toronto and provincial forces.
The officers pleaded not guilty and have steadfastly maintained their innocence. None of the allegations made against them has been proven in court.
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Jim Cassells, a Toronto officer who was part of the task force that investigated the drug squad, said that once they laid charges, he and his colleagues were shocked to watch their own supervisors thwart the Crown.
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