Officer didn't charge husband accused of murder after victim's plea over alleged 2013 knife incident, trial hears

An Ottawa police officer who investigated a report that Hamid Ayoub held a knife to his wife's neck — eight years before he murdered her and stabbed their daughter — told his murder trial she didn't charge him because the complainant didn't want her to, despite the fact that police are obligated to lay charges regardless of what victims want.

Officer didn't charge husband accused of murder after victim's plea over alleged 2013 knife incident, trial hears
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An Ottawa police officer who investigated a report that Hamid Ayoub held a knife to his wife's neck — eight years before he murdered her and stabbed their daughter — told his murder trial she didn't charge him because the complainant didn't want her to, despite the fact that police are obligated to lay charges regardless of what victims want.