Judge finds delay in access to counsel was unreasonable following detention and arrest of Econo Lodge fire suspect Justin Aster.
A B.C. Supreme Court Justice issued a mixed verdict Thursday on admissibility of evidence police had gathered when they detained a man now accused of setting a deadly fire at a Prince George motel.
Using a cellphone, an officer had tried unsuccessfully to reach a local lawyer while Aster was detained in the back of the cruiser but Fleming found an unreasonable delay of 13 minutes before that step had been taken. While at the detachment, Aster was subjected to a further 15 minutes of unreasonable delay, Fleming determined.
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