HALIFAX — Opposition leaders in Ottawa and Nova Scotia are calling for further investigation into why the RCMP destroyed potential evidence in the criminal proceedings against a Halifax man who was wrongfully convicted of murder.
Singh is calling on Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale to “immediately order a review of this case to figure out what went wrong.” Furey issued a statement saying, “I will now review this matter in detail and consider next steps in consultation with my federal colleagues.” His lawyers also asked for information about McGray from the Violent Crime Linkage Analysis System, or ViCLAS — a national database that makes links between cases based on the behaviour of violent murderers like McGray.
It also says that while Moore provided suspects, “it is not possible for ViCLAS analysis to conclusively establish any of them committed the homicide or that Assoun did not.”