An Ontario court on Monday stayed the charges against Niagara regional police Const. Nathan Parker, who had been accused of assaulting a superior officer after an incident in November 2018 during which Parker was shot multiple times.

The Hamilton-based trial for the rare, so-called blue-on-blue shooting, which was also notable because the officer shot was the one facing charges, began in September. 

But on Monday, two months after the case stalled, Justice Anthony Leitch agreed to Crown attorney Jason Nicol’s request for a stay after a provincial police forensic examination found Det.-Sgt. Shane Donovan, who shot Parker, may have lied while testifying about accessing evidence.

“It is the Crown’s conclusion