Spouse of gunman who killed 22 Nova Scotians calls for policing reforms at inquiry
Jessica Zita, a lawyer representing the killer’s spouse Lisa Banfield, told a federal-provincial inquiry Thursday that police should have identified that the gunman was a high risk to cause significant violence given his “alarming history.”
A former neighbour of the gunman, Brenda Forbes, has testified she told police that Wortman had pinned Banfield to the ground in July 2013 but nothing was done about it. Banfield has testified that Wortman assaulted her and threatened her with weapons on numerous occasions throughout their 19-year relationship. Inquiry interviews have also found that he was violent with his first wife.
Banfield, her brother and her brother-in-law were charged in December 2020 for providing ammunition to Wortman ahead of the mass shooting, though none of them knew how the ammunition would be used. Their charges have been resolved through restorative justice.
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