Pingoatuk Kolola

Pingoatuk Kolola (born in 1970[1] ) is a Canadian citizen and convicted criminal. Kolola was convicted of gunning down Nunavut RCMP constable Douglas Scott who was fatally shot in the east Arctic community of Kimmirut while responding to a drunk driving complaint. A witness stated that Scott died trying to save a child.[2][3][4]

In the courtroom, quiet cheers and weeping could be heard after the verdict had been read aloud just shortly after 1:30. Justice Robert Kilpatrick, the presiding justice, said that the verdict reflected "the quality of justice in the jurors' hearts and in their own community".[2]

Andrew Mahar, defence attorney for Kolola, stated outside the courthouse that this is the saddest case he has ever worked in his entire career as a defence attorney. "A family lost a lovely young man. Another family lost their father – six kids – all for a moment of basically pointless violence," Mahar told reporters, "There's just no happy ending to this for anybody."[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Mountie shooting suspect appears in Iqaluit court". CBC. 9 November 2007. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 "Nunavut Mountie's killer guilty of murder". CBC. 11 March 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
  3. ↑ CTV.ca news staff. "Mountie gunned down while still inside car: RCMP". CTV. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
  4. ↑ "Mountie died protecting baby". November 9, 2007. Canada.com. Retrieved 12 April 2011.


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