Ottawa Detective Helen Grus’s Lawyer Requests Copies of Autopsy Reports for Infants Who Died Suddenly

Ottawa Detective Helen Grus’s Lawyer Requests Copies of Autopsy Reports for Infants Who Died Suddenly
The Ottawa Police station on Elgin Street in Ottawa, on Feb. 1, 2021. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press
Matthew Horwood
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The lawyer for Helen Grus, an Ottawa Police detective who is being charged with disorderly conduct for investigating the vaccination status of the mothers of deceased infants, requested copies of the coroner’s autopsy reports in order to clarify the charge against her.

“We are in a position here where I’m unsure of the exact elements and what it is that she has done that is unlawful. There are a number of pieces of evidence that haven’t been provided, and the evidence that has been provided, as far as the anticipated witness statements, is lacking,” defence lawyer Bath-Sheba van den Berg said during a proceeding held in Kanata, Ontario, on Friday.