Lawyer for BC Mayor Charged With Public Mischief Suggests Client Treated Unfairly

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

A lawyer representing Surrey, B.C., Mayor Doug McCallum suggests RCMP decided early into an investigation that his client deceived police by saying his foot was run over in a grocery store parking lot.

Richard Peck is questioning the primary investigator at McCallum’s provincial court mischief trial and says police couldn’t tell in surveillance video if the mayor’s foot had been injured by a woman driving a vehicle.