Jacques Gallant

Toronto family doctor Shahab Nahvi, who also had privileges at Scarborough Centenary Hospital, has given up his licence and promised never to reapply.

“Why are we bending over backwards for Bernardo and disrespecting the families who have gone through the most unspeakable experience?”

The Law Society of Ontario has secured a stay while it appeals an earlier decision that found the man was of “good character” to practise law.

A man attacked an unmarked police vehicle with a hatchet outside Toronto’s provincial courthouse while a detective and Crown attorney were seated inside, according to a police email.

Experts argue the lawyer’s letter crossed the line by pushing the woman toward dropping the charges while offering inappropriate legal advice.

“I only hope that those conditions have caused him to reflect and to not want to commit further offences and end up back in jail,” the judge wrote.

The president of the Toronto Police Association blasted the police service for “attempting to circumvent” the officers’ collective agreement, which dictates overtime rules.

“At the time, I was certain he had a knife,” British solider Craig Gibson told his jury Wednesday. “I had seen his hand backing up. I was certain.”

The sentencing was the last case for Justice Michael Code ahead of his retirement from the bench.

Last week, the Ontario Court of Appeal disagreed, calling Windsor Justice Michael McArthur’s line of reasoning “troubling.”