Collision Course: The Darcy Allan Sheppard Case (4)

Canadian True Crime

Kristi Lee

True Crime, History, Society & Culture

4.8 • 4.8K Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2024

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

[ Part 4 of 4 ] The Truth

Hidden documents and files are released through a Freedom of Information request, strongly suggesting that what actually happened on August 31, 2009 was different to the narrative presented by the press — and in court.

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.

Listen ad-free and early: The entire series is available ad-free on our premium feeds - Amazon Music (included with Prime), Apple Podcasts, Patreon and Supercast.

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.

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	In the last episode we unpacked Michael Bryant's version of events given at the controversial 2010 court proceeding.
0:29.0	The special independent prosecutor had introduced scope-aleed evidence of prior aggressive conduct. Six incidents of
0:37.1	motorists who had a confrontation with an angry cyclist they alleged to be
0:41.9	Darcy Allen Shepard that Michael Bryant didn't know about at the time of his own incident with Darcy.
0:49.0	The court heard that these incidents showed that Darcy had a prior history of aggression toward other motorists,
0:56.1	and he was therefore likely to have also been the aggressor and the altercation with Michael Bryant that caused his death.
1:04.0	Special independent prosecutor Richard Peck
1:07.0	determined there was no reasonable prospect of convicting Bryant
1:11.0	and ask that the charges be marked as withdrawn.
1:15.8	At the end of the hearing, Peck invited Michael Bryant's defense lawyer to provide a comment.
1:21.8	Marie Henanne
1:22.8	started off by thanking the prosecution team for undertaking, quote,
1:27.6	such a thorough and extensive review of the totality of the evidence in this case, much of which emerged only after the
1:35.8	charges were laid.
1:39.3	The defense lawyer went on to praise the prosecution team, describing them as the model of prosecutorial fairness
1:47.2	and objectivity, and Special Prosecutor Richard Peck as not one to do things by half measure.
1:55.0	Marie Henan said she'd never had a case before where she had made the decision to quote,
2:01.0	open up our file, expose our full defense to the prosecutorial and police scrutiny
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