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Sikh truck driver \u201ccouldn\u2019t work for three months\u201d<\/i><\/b>

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\nBy Robert Frank<\/b><\/p>\n

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The police ethics commission has ordered Montreal Police Sgt. Patrice Bigras \u201cbe suspended without pay for two eight-hour days\u201d for having used more force than necessary when he arrested truck driver Narinder Singh Minhas<\/a> in Pointe Claire, Nov. 23, 2011.<\/p>\n

The prosecutor had recommended that Sgt. Bigras instead be suspended for three or four days.<\/p>\n

Minhas’ 22-wheel tractor-trailer rig was one of several vehicles that got stuck that morning when a blizzard and freezing rain blanketed the Sources Boulevard overpass at Highway 20 in heavy snow and ice.<\/p>\n

When Sgt. Bigras arrested him, he badly injured Minhas\u2019 elbow, arm and left knee. The truck driver lost the three months of work due to the injury.<\/p>\n

In its ruling, the police commission stated that the injuries \u201cdid not cause any after-effects.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prosecutors did not pursue the original charge that Sgt. Bigras arrested Minhas for. However, he subsequently took the unusual step of charging Minhas again with the same offence. This time, Sgt. Bigras added another charge of criminal mischief to his allegations against Minhas, \u201cfor denying the legitimate use of a good, namely Sources Boulevard.\u201d<\/p>\n

Montreal Police and Pointe Claire Public Security officials testified about the criminal charges against Minhas in court, Dec. 12.<\/p>\n

The next hearing in the case is slated for May 11, 2015, when Minhas is expected to testify.
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