Collision Course: The Darcy Allan Sheppard Case [3]

Canadian True Crime

Kristi Lee

True Crime, History, Society & Culture

4.8 • 4.8K Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2024

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

[ Part 3 of 4 ] How the Justice System Failed

The controversial 2010 hearing where the prosecutor announced his decision to withdraw charges. While Darcy’s father expected that result, something seemed significantly wrong with how the prosecutor chose to explain how the decision was made.

In this new four-part series, edited and re-mastered, you’ll hear a story of elites vs peasants, cars vs bicycles, and wealth and privilege vs poverty and crime. It’s a cautionary tale of how justice works differently in this country for some people.

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INVITATION: 15th Annual Memorial Gathering - Toronto

Please join us Saturday, August 31 at 3 p.m. at the spot where Darcy died at 151 Bloor Street West. There’s a white Ghost Bike opposite Tiffany & Co and close to Bloor St and Avenue Road.

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Special thanks to Allan Sheppard, Joe Hendry and Victoria (the eyewitness).

Thanks also to writer Mary Fairhurst Breen for editing and creative direction on this reboot series.

Please respect the privacy of those involved in this case.

Full list of information sources, resources and credits:

All the documents, evidence, statements, reports and news articles we’ve relied upon to write this series are available at www.canadiantruecrime.ca/episodes/darcy.

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0:00.0	Canadian True Crime is a completely independent production funded mainly through advertising.
0:04.5	You can listen to Canadian True Crime ad free and early on Amazon music included with Prime,
0:09.5	Apple Podcasts, Patreon and Supercast. The podcast often has disturbing content and
0:15.1	coarse language. It's not for everyone. Please take care when listening.
0:18.8	After a number of delays, a court proceeding was scheduled for May 25th, nine months after the death of Darcy Allen Shepard.
0:30.0	This hearing was going to be the big one.
0:33.0	The items that had been holding things up had been resolved,
0:37.0	and this court date would determine how the case against Michael Bryant would proceed to trial.
0:44.2	In attendance was criminal defense lawyer Marie Henan representing the interests of the accused
0:50.3	Michael Bryant.
0:52.1	On the Crown Prosecution side, which represents the interests of the community,
0:57.0	there were two people listed on the docket.
1:00.0	As you'll recall, Michael Bryant was the Attorney General of Ontario until two years before Darcy
1:07.2	Alan Shepard's death, a position that saw him appoint and oversee the work of many staff crown prosecutors, a potential conflict of interest.
1:17.2	So Richard Peck, a high profile criminal defence lawyer, had been brought in from Vancouver, British Columbia as special independent prosecutor.
1:27.0	Now when it came to who would represent Peck locally, the lawyer who would be on the ground managing the Crown's case, doing the
1:35.1	investigative legwork and legal analysis, interviewing witnesses and making court appearances
1:40.6	on behalf of the Crown, that lawyer was Mark Sandler, a name partner at Cooper,
1:46.6	Sandler, Shheim and Bergman, LLP, a criminal defense law firm based in Toronto.
1:53.8	Mark Sandler was also experienced, highly regarded and well connected.
1:59.0	He was and is a member of several associations including the Ontario Bar Association
2:05.2	the Criminal Lawyers Association and the Toronto Lawyers Association.
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