Lawyer for Former Surrey, BC, Mayor Says Crown Can’t Prove He Lied

Lawyer for Former Surrey, BC, Mayor Says Crown Can’t Prove He Lied
Outgoing Surrey Mayor Doug McCallum, who was defeated in the recent municipal election, arrives at provincial court for the first day of his public mischief trial, in Surrey, B.C., on Oct. 31, 2022. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck
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A defence lawyer for former Surrey, B.C., mayor Doug McCallum says his client should be acquitted of a public mischief charge because the Crown failed to prove he intended to mislead police by saying his foot was run over.

Eric Gottardi says any embellishments in McCallum’s statement to police that a woman with a history of harassing him peeled away from a supermarket parking lot were due to confusion following a frightening incident.