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Justice Denied: Catherine Campbell and the Defence That Crossed the Line


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On the morning of September 11th, 2015, 36-year-old Catherine Campbell—an off-duty police constable from Truro, Nova Scotia—headed to a bar in downtown Halifax to blow off steam after a long week on the force. She laughed, she danced, and then… she vanished.

By Monday morning, Catherine hadn’t shown up for work. Her fellow officers knew something was wrong. The woman who always had their backs had simply disappeared. What began as a missing persons report quickly turned into a nightmare.

Her body would be discovered days later. The truth behind what happened that night was chilling. A suspect emerged—Christopher Garnier—and with him, a story so disturbing, so twisted, it would make headlines across Canada. Not just for the violence… but for the way the defence tried to paint Catherine as somehow responsible for her own death.

This is not just a story about a murder. It’s a story about justice, about victim-blaming, and about a woman who deserved so much more.


Sources:

https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/uncategorized/christopher-garniers-ptsd-right-policy-wrong-result-better-outcome/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/christopher-garnier-loses-appeal-of-murder-conviction-1.5660443

https://globalnews.ca/news/3917408/christopher-garnier-murder-trial-2/

https://globalnews.ca/news/3908542/a-complete-look-at-the-crowns-case-against-christopher-garnier/ 

http://www.inmemoriam.ca/view-announcement-516163-catherine-campbell.html

https://www.canlii.org/en/ns/nspc/doc/2016/2016nspc86/2016nspc86.html 

https://www.canlii.org/en/ns/nssc/doc/2017/2017nssc259/2017nssc259.html

https://www.canlii.org/en/ns/nssc/doc/2017/2017nssc338/2017nssc338.html

https://www.canlii.org/en/ns/nssc/doc/2017/2017nssc341/2017nssc341.html

https://www.canlii.org/en/ns/nssc/doc/2018/2018nssc196/2018nssc196.html


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