Two lawyers representing Mounties accused of various offences related to the Surrey Six investigation have withdrawn their services.
Michael Klein and mMichael Bolton won’t be representing their clients Sergeant David Attew and Corporal Paul Johnston.
Their reason?
Funding that was promised the officers under a program for federal government employees charged with criminal offences has been cut off, meaning no cash to pay the lawyers.
But the RCMP hasn’t definitively said it won’t pay for the officers’ defense, and that’s placing doubt on whether the trial scheduled for September 2013 will go ahead on schedule.
CKNW’s calls to the RCMP about whether funding would resume for the officers were not returned.
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