“I want to go after you for doing this to me”: defence lawyer who exposed police misconduct, suing Peel force, Crowns for targeting her with criminal charges
Photo courtesy of Leora Shemesh
The case was both public and personal.
From the outside, it was a story told in headlines: “Prominent Toronto lawyer Leora Shemesh set to go on trial on perjury charge.” “Toronto criminal lawyer charged by Peel police.”
For Shemesh, it was a case that attacked the values she holds most dear.
Charges of perjury and obstruction of justice against Leora Shemesh were dismissed last year, but the criminal defence lawyer isn’t prepared to let what she regards as a blatant attack on her integrity and reputation go that easily.
She’s suing Peel police and Crown attorneys who laid the charges, claiming they colluded against her in retaliation for her efforts to expose police wrongdoing.
Published on July 22, 2019 in The Pointer - Brampton
