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E154| A ‘dropped’ cell phone, distorted evidence & deliberate deception.
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In this episode, Mike discusses the Ontario Superior Court of Justice decision R. v. Seymour, 2026 ONSC 6138, where police stopped a car and one of its passenger's fled on foot. On the passenger side floor, police found a 3D printed handgun. Police then applied for a search warrant to search the data of a cell phone located at the scene. In the ITO, police said the fleeing man "dropped" the phone as he fled. But that was not accurate. The police found the phone inside the car. Was this an innocent discrepancy? Or was it…
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