A Toronto police officer is scheduled to give more evidence today at the trial of the man charged with killing her colleague.
Sgt. Lisa Forbes is being questioned by defence lawyers representing Umar Zameer.
Zameer has denied committing first-degree murder in the killing of Det. Const. Jeffrey Northrup, who was struck by a car in an underground parking garage on July 2, 2021.
Forbes informed the jury on Thursday that she identified herself as a police officer multiple times when she and Northrup approached Zameer and his family in the garage around midnight that night.
She mentioned that Zameer did not appear to understand the information, stating she sensed a “communication error.”
Forbes mentioned Zameer performed a series of actions with his SUV, causing Northrup to fall to the ground and then driving over him.
Court was informed that the officers were in the garage to investigate a stabbing. Zameer was not implicated in the stabbing, although he and his family had coincidentally walked past the victim earlier in the night, the court was told.
Defence lawyers argue that Zameer was unaware that Northrup and Forbes were officers, and he and his wife believed they were being attacked by criminals.
