CP NewsAlert: OPP find no evidence of wrongdoing for cops in Umar Zameer case
Written by The Canadian Press on March 17, 2026
TORONTO — A new report says there is no evidence three Toronto police officers officers lied, colluded or committed any criminal offence in the case of a man accused of fatally running over their colleague.
The report released today lays out the findings of an Ontario Provincial Police investigation into allegations of perjury and obstruction of justice against Sgt. Lisa Forbes, Const. Antonio Correa and Const. Scharnil Pais.
The three officers were key witnesses for the prosecution in the trial of Umar Zameer, who was charged with – and eventually cleared of – first-degree murder in the death of Det. Const. Jeffrey Northrup.
Northrup died on July 2, 2021 after he was struck by a vehicle in an underground parking garage at Toronto City Hall. He and Forbes, his partner, were in plain clothes at the time.
The three officers testified Northrup was hit while standing in the middle of a laneway in the garage with his hands outstretched, evidence that was contradicted by security footage.
In her final instructions, Ontario Superior Court Justice Anne Molloy told jurors to consider the possibility of collusion between the officers, noting all three had the same incorrect memory.
More coming.
The Canadian Press