Hours later – according to a police investigation warrant – the 65-year-old conveyed the humor to an RCMP investigator to show that she was “completely honest” about the recollection of the incident. “Johnstone said [her friend] “If he was going to hit McCallum, he would just kick him out,” the warrant said. “Johnstone advised that he was joking when he said that.”
Different versions of events
The details of the investigation that led to a public indictment for McCallum’s malice are contained in the investigation warrant, which was unsealed at the request of Global News several weeks ago. The CBC received a copy following a separate request for the document which vowed to warrant a warrant for the examination of McCallum’s shoes and the acquisition of purchase records. Debi Johnstone is the woman accused by Surrey Mayor Doug McCallum of hitting him with her vehicle. Johnstone says the alleged attack never happened. McCallum has since been charged with public mischief. (Submitted by Debi Johnstone) The information provides information on a case that many fear will overshadow other issues in the run-up to Surrey’s next municipal election – set for mid-October, just two weeks before McCallum’s trial. The mayor has hired BC legal ace Richard Peck to represent him. McCallum recently resigned as chief of the Surrey Police Council – a decision he claims has nothing to do with the criminal case or political controversy. The search warrant follows an investigation into the truth of a meeting between McCallum and Johnston in the parking lot of a Save-On-Foods site, where opponents of his plans for a municipal police rallied on the morning of September 4, 2021. Both McCallum and Johnstone agreed to cross while he was standing and she was in her vehicle. There, however, their statements differed. The mayor claimed that Johnstone shouted at him. claimed to have told him to “resign”. McCallum said she pulled her car “so tightly on it that she nailed it between their two vehicles” before popping over his leg as it went to “tear”. However, Johnstone said it was McCallum who approached her vehicle and that he “did not say anything as he left indicating that he had passed over his toe”.
“He had to hit his stomach too”
Camera footage from Save-On-Foods reportedly supports the Johnstone version of events. “Video surveillance shows McCallum was not pinned to a vehicle,” the warrant said at one point. “In the video surveillance, McCallum walks… the same way he walked with Johnston before the incident with no obvious signs of injury.” The CBC received an investigation warrant obtained as part of an investigation that led to a public indictment for malice against Surrey Mayor Doug McCallum. (Jason Proctor / CBC) According to the search warrant, a “small bush” hides McCallum’s legs from the knee down in the video. “As the [vehicle] pulled away, McCallum began to turn his body away from his body [vehicle]”, The document states. “McCallum makes a very small movement with his left foot, but due to the angle of the bush, it is not clear what was the cause or purpose of this movement.” Johnstone also told police of a remark she made. “Johnstone noticed McCallum’s side profile and noted that McCallum’s belly stuck out of his toes,” the warrant said. “Johnstone felt that if he had passed over his toe, he should also have hit his stomach.”
“Not the store [McCallum] usually watch
In the days after a judge of the Supreme Court of BC. unstamped the warrant, Johnstone identified herself as “the victim Mr. McCallum falsely accused” and said she remained “firm in my original statement of innocence.” Surrey’s wife is a member of the Keep The RCMP in Surrey team, and is also one of seven people banned from McCallum’s board meetings within days of the parking lot incident. Members of Keep The RCMP in Surrey gathered outside a Save-On-Foods the day Mayor Doug McCallum showed up to shop for groceries and claimed he had lost his leg. Since then, the mayor has been accused of public disrespect. (Keep RCMP on Surrey / Facebook) In a statement to police, McCallum was quoted as saying he “did not know the Keep The RCMP in Surrey movement was going to be there until he got there and saw them.” Police spoke with Ivan Scott, founder of Keep The RCMP in Surrey, who claimed McCallum had approached him and told him he was not allowed to campaign outside Save-On-Foods – something Scott disputed. “Then Scott asked McCallum what he was doing there, McCallum said he was there to do his shopping, which Scott did not believe, as McCallum does not live in the area,” the document said. . As part of their investigation, the RCMP examined McCallum’s plans to do his shopping and “regularly consult a piece of paper, possibly a shopping list.” They also spoke with a Save-On-Foods employee who claimed that the location of the incident “was not the store [McCallum] usually attend “.
A trace of Save-On-Foods reward points?
According to the warrant, the police were looking for confirmation of the mayor’s shopping habits from the Save-On-Foods Rewards card records, which monitor his grocery shopping. The mayor signed his consent for the RCMP to have access to medical records, including X-rays of his foot taken after the incident. According to the warrant, the records showed that he “suffered from some damage to the soft tissues in the upper leg, but not broken bones”. The mayor also handed over to the RCMP the Adidas runners he was wearing at the time of his alleged injury, but needed the warrant to examine them for “foot marks, damage or any foreign traces of material that would confirm or refute the version of events he provided. McCallum. “ None of the charges against the mayor have been proven in court.
