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Two and a half years after Sen. Patrick Brazeau was charged with fraud and breach of trust related to living expenses billed to the Senate, prosecutors have abandoned their case against him, this newspaper has learned.
Assistant Crown attorneys assigned to the case are expected to officially abandon the case on Wednesday morning in Court Room No. 32 before Ontario Superior Court Justice Robert Maranger. The proceedings are scheduled to start at 10 a.m. at the Elgin Street courthouse.
Prosecutors have folded their case after conceding they didn’t have a reasonable prospect of conviction after reviewing the RCMP case against Brazeau.
The fraud and breach of trust charges stemmed from disputed Senate housing expense claims for his primary residence in Maniwaki.
The legal victory for Brazeau, 41, follows the resounding acquittal of Sen. Mike Duffy, who was defended by top lawyer Donald Bayne.
While Brazeau was facing similar charges to Duffy, he was only facing two charges — fraud and breach of trust — stemming from a single alleged crime. The breach of trust charge was added on by the Mounties because Brazeau was in public office at the time.
Brazeau was appointed to the Senate on the advice of then Prime Minister Stephen Harper in 2009. He was suspended in November 2013 over questions about his housing expenses. Brazeau has told this newspaper in the past that he provided all requested paperwork and was granted permission for his claims before he submitted them.
Brazeau is still suspended from the Senate but is longing for his return to do right by his country, he has told the Citizen.
He hasn’t earned a cent in the last year because the Senate has withheld his wages to recoup the $49,000 in questionable expenses he is alleged to owe the upper chamber.
Reached late Tuesday afternoon, the senator declined to comment on this story.
gdimmock@postmedia.com
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Assistant Crown attorneys assigned to the case are expected to officially abandon the case on Wednesday morning in Court Room No. 32 before Ontario Superior Court Justice Robert Maranger. The proceedings are scheduled to start at 10 a.m. at the Elgin Street courthouse.
Prosecutors have folded their case after conceding they didn’t have a reasonable prospect of conviction after reviewing the RCMP case against Brazeau.
The fraud and breach of trust charges stemmed from disputed Senate housing expense claims for his primary residence in Maniwaki.
The legal victory for Brazeau, 41, follows the resounding acquittal of Sen. Mike Duffy, who was defended by top lawyer Donald Bayne.
While Brazeau was facing similar charges to Duffy, he was only facing two charges — fraud and breach of trust — stemming from a single alleged crime. The breach of trust charge was added on by the Mounties because Brazeau was in public office at the time.
Brazeau was appointed to the Senate on the advice of then Prime Minister Stephen Harper in 2009. He was suspended in November 2013 over questions about his housing expenses. Brazeau has told this newspaper in the past that he provided all requested paperwork and was granted permission for his claims before he submitted them.
Brazeau is still suspended from the Senate but is longing for his return to do right by his country, he has told the Citizen.
He hasn’t earned a cent in the last year because the Senate has withheld his wages to recoup the $49,000 in questionable expenses he is alleged to owe the upper chamber.
Reached late Tuesday afternoon, the senator declined to comment on this story.
gdimmock@postmedia.com
http://www.twitter.com/crimegarden
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