TORONTO — A man accused of running over a Toronto police officer nearly three years ago described walking around the city's downtown with his pregnant wife and young son that evening as he took the stand in his murder trial Tuesday.
They parked in the garage under Toronto City Hall, went to Yonge Dundas Square and eventually walked back to the city hall area using a different route, he said. Prosecutors allege Zameer caused Northrup’s death by making a series of manoeuvres with his car while officers were nearby. Earlier Tuesday, jurors heard from a crash reconstructionist called as an expert witness by the defence.
Raftery testified Monday that evidence from the scene and Zameer's car indicates Northrup was knocked off balance by a"glancing" contact while the car was reversing, and was already on the ground when he was run over by it travelling forward. Raftery agreed but said the"most reasonable inference" is that it was the result of Northrup being sideswiped by Zameer's car.