RCMP charged in B.C. murder probe

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A special prosecutor has approved charges including breach of trust and obstruction of justice against four RCMP officers involved in the investigation of a 2007 gangland slaying that left six dead in a Surrey, B.C., highrise.

Christopher Considine has approved a total of 20 charges against officers Sgt. Derek Brassington, Staff Sgt. David Attew, Cpl. Paul Johnston and Cpl. Danny Michaud.

RCMP Chief Supt. Janice Armstrong said she was deeply disappointed in the officers.

"The investigators charged in this case were senior, experienced and trusted police officers," Armstrong told a Vancouver news conference Thursday. "What is alleged to have occurred was a breach of policy, protocol and the law. Fundamentally, it was an abuse of the trust that the public places in police."

The officers were all involved in the investigation of the so-called Surrey Six killings, in which two of the victims were innocent bystanders.

The victims' bodies were discovered in the apartment unit after neighbours complained of a foul odour, and police soon concluded that two of the victims
 
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