VANCOUVER — One of the officers involved in the fatal confrontation with Robert Dziekanski at Vancouver’s airport has been charged with attempting to obstruct justice in connection to an unrelated car accident.
Cpl. Benjamin Monty Robinson was off duty when his vehicle collided with a motorcycle in October 2008 in Delta, B.C., killing 21-year-old Orion Hutchinson.
Delta police had recommended a charge of impaired driving causing death and dangerous driving causing death but the B.C. Crown says the charge assessment standard of proof beyond a reasonable doubt was not met for those charges.
Robinson was one of four officers involved in a confrontation with Dziekanski at Vancouver airport in October 2007, during which Dziekanski was shocked with a Taser and died.
RCMP say Robinson has been suspended with pay.
He is scheduled to appear in court Dec. 8.
