SIU Terminates Investigation Into Serious Injury At Brampton Courthouse Cell

Joseph Martino, the interim director of the Special Investigations Unit (SIU), has terminated an investigation into the serious injury sustained at a Brampton courthouse cell. 

According to the SIU, on April 30, the 29-year-old man was lodged in a cell at the A. Grenville and William Davis Courthouse in Brampton. When the man used wet toilet paper to obscure the camera lens cover of the cell surveillance camera, special constables attended the cell and handcuffed the man. The constables then departed the cell. A short time later, the man stood atop a privacy wall and as the special constables returned to the cell, the man attempted to step onto a nearby bench. He fell, landing on his right arm on the edge of the bench. He was transported to hospital for treatment.

“Based on the SIU’s preliminary inquiries, which included a video recording of the events in question, it is evident that the man caused the fractured right shoulder he was reported to have suffered when he fell from his cell bench onto the floor of his cell. As it is manifestly clear at this time that no police officer caused or contributed to the man’s injury in any fashion that could attract criminal liability, the SIU’s investigation is hereby discontinued and the file closed,” says Interim Director Martino.