VANCOUVER – The Crown alleges the four RCMP offices involved in Robert Dziekanski’s death “colluded” together to come up with a story about what happened and then attempted to cover up that collusion at a public inquiry.

The allegations come at a pre-trial hearing for Const. Bill Bentley, who is accused of lying six times at the inquiry into what happened when Dziekanski was stunned with a Taser at Vancouver’s airport.

Crown counsel Eric Gottardi is asking a judge to admit police statements and notes from the three other officers as part of the Crown’s theory that the officers “collaborated” to create a story before talking to homicide investigators.

Gottardi says the officers each made the same errors in their notes and statements, such as claiming — incorrectly — that two of the officers had to physically wrestle Dziekanski to the ground.

Gottardi says the Crown’s theory is that Bentley and the other officers then lied at the public inquiry to cover up the fact that they misled homicide investigators.

Bentley’s defence lawyer has yet to respond directly to the Crown’s allegations, though Bentley has pleaded not guilty to the perjury charge.