Bruises likely not from baton, pathologist tells G20 cop trial

TORONTO – A prominent forensic pathologist says the injuries a man alleges were caused by a Toronto police officer hitting him with a baton during the G20 protests likely didn’t happen that way.

Adam Nobody, a 30-year-old Toronto man, alleges that Toronto police tackled him at the protest on June 26, 2010, at the Ontario legislature and used excessive force in arresting him.

He alleges that three bruises on his right side were caused by Const. Babak Andalib-Goortani, when the officer hit him three times with his baton.

Andalib-Goortani, who can be seen on amateur video thrusting his baton at Nobody during his arrest, says he did so because Nobody was resisting arrest, which Nobody denies.

Forensic pathologist Dr. Christopher Milroy was asked by the defence to testify about Nobody’s bruises, which can be seen in a photograph of his torso.

Milroy says the bruises don’t show any typical features of that type of baton strike, rather they could have been caused by punches, kicks, knee strikes or from when Nobody fell to the ground.