Acting crown says Emergency Response Team expense is the reason
Oct 01, 2008 - 08:12 AM
By Jennifer Stone
PETERBOROUGH -- Every time Stanley Tippett goes to court, so, too, does an Emergency Response Team and that costs money.
That's part of the reason the Crown opposed -- successfully -- allowing a request by the accused kidnapper to go to court in person for his next appearance.
Mr. Tippett, a 32-year-old Peterborough man, has been in custody since early August, when he was arrested and charged with an array of crimes relating to the kidnapping and sexual assault of a 12-year-old girl who was left behind Courtice Secondary School.
He consented to being held in jail at an Aug. 21 bail hearing, when he was also granted leave to communicate with his wife and five children with whom he had previously been barred from talking.
Mr. Tippett appeared in person Tuesday, hand-cuffed, wearing the same grey T-shirt and khaki pants he wore the last time he was in court.
An agent for Mr. Tippett's lawyer, Michael McLachlan, said Mr. Tippett needed to appear in person, rather than by video, due to a hearing impairment.
"He has trouble hearing through video," said law student Ariel Herscovitch, an agent for Mr. McLachlan. "He has difficulty when on video to hear what's going on."
But having him appear in person for fairly quick appearances in court is expensive, argued Acting Crown David O'Neill.
"ERT (an emergency response team) needs to be here, specially for Mr. Tippett's protection," he said. "That's a cost to the Crown."
Mr. Herscovitch couldn't say why ERT's presence was necessary, but in August, during one of Mr. Tippett's early court appearances, extra security was quite evident. At that time, heavily armed police officers were seen inside and on the roof of the Peterborough court house, bags and purses were searched and anyone entering the courtroom was searched with a hand-held metal detector. Unconfirmed reports indicated there had been reason for concern for Mr. Tippett's safety, but at that time, Mr. Tippett's lawyer said he wasn't aware of any specific threat against his client.
Mr. Tippett's request was denied.
He will next appear Oct. 14, by video from the Central East Detention Centre in Lindsay, where he is being held in isolation from the rest of the jail community.
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