Following a months\u002Dlong pause, the trial for a charge of assault in connection with a 2021 takedown resumed this week.
Beric has pleaded not guilty to assault while on duty and assault with a weapon during a violent takedown inside a downtown Ottawa Community Housing complex on Aug. 4, 2021.His trial has already heard that police encountered a bleeding, screaming man — identified in court as Derrick Weyman — cowering inside a bathroom in the rooming house before he allegedly “took a swing” at responding officers.
Beric is seen on video striking his foot out at Weyman, who blocks the kick before he is thrown to the floor by Const. Steve Dorken, who testified earlier at trial. Under questioning from defence lawyer Karin Stein on Tuesday, Beric said he had no concerns that Weyman had lost consciousness. “It got to the point where I got so physically exerted, I’m wearing a mask, I’m constantly getting exposure to the blood, and I remember thinking to myself, ‘OK, enough is enough. I need to take a breath.’Article content
“The way he’s screaming, with the blood in his mouth, I didn’t want to put my hands anywhere near his face. I still had the Asp in my hand and didn’t want to use that near his face, and I had no other options,” Beric said. “That was just kind of the final instinct to get him to stop so I could get a breath.”
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