Dr. Brian Nadler, who formerly practised at a hospital in Hawkesbury, Ont., and is facing eight charges in connection to the deaths of four patients, is expected to be acquitted on Tuesday, according to both Crown and defence counsel.
Brian Greenspan said Saturday that his client will likely be acquitted of all eight charges against him — four counts of first-degree murder and four counts of criminal negligence causing death — on the first day of what was supposed to be a five-week trial in Ottawa. The trial had originally been scheduled to start in June , but was pushed back to Tuesday as pre-trial matters before Ontario Superior Court Justice Kevin Phillips continued right through to the end of this week. Eastern Ontario doctor's trial on murder charges to start June 2024 OPP calls murder charge against doctor a 'traumatic experience' for Hawkesbury News of the pending acquittals was first reported in the Ottawa Citizen Friday.
'These rulings have decided the case' CBC had been trying to reach Crown prosecutors this week for an update on what would be happening Tuesday, and received a response Saturday afternoon. The pre-trial judge decided to make certain evidence inadmissible, the Crown said. That evidence was important enough that the Crown felt it no longer had a reasonable chance of success.
"The Crown has concluded that the effect of this court's evidentiary rulings is to exclude evidence sufficiently important to the prosecution that the Crown is unable to contin.
