Former Neighbour Stands by Story RCMP Did ‘Nothing’ on NS Killer’s Spousal Abuse

Brenda Forbes, a former neighbour of Gabriel Wortman in Portapique, N.S., is questioned by commission counsel Emily Hill, right, at the Mass Casualty Commission inquiry into the mass murders in rural Nova Scotia on April 18/19, 2020, in Halifax on July 12, 2022. The Canadian Press/Andrew Vaughan

A former neighbour of the man who carried out the 2020 Nova Scotia mass killing stood by her story on Tuesday that RCMP did “nothing” when she reported a violent domestic assault years before the rampage.

Brenda Forbes said, “You bet,” when she was asked at a public inquiry if she still holds that view, despite a differing story from the RCMP investigating officer at the time.