He said he got one call from the RCMP commissioner shortly after the incident but claimed support of the force was nonexistent after that.In his lawsuit, Bentley said he was made a "scapegoat" as the force dealt with intense public backlash after Dziekanski's death, and was forbidden from publicly defending himself to "wrongful allegations" about what had happened.It is a priority for CBC to create a website that is accessible to all Canadians including people with visual, hearing, motor and cognitive challenges.The psychologist, according to the lawsuit, told Bentley he wouldn't give him documentation he needed to get back to his job if the Bentley did not "own his actions" from the night of Dziekanski's death.One of the Mounties dispatched to what would be a fatal confrontation with a Polish immigrant at Vancouver International Airport has settled his lawsuit against the RCMP.Bentley was one of four RCMP officers who responded after witnesses reported an agitated man behaving erratically in the arrivals lounge of the airport on Oct. 14, 2007.
The fallout was swift for the national police force and continues to date. Bentley, who still works for the RCMP, waited a few days before telling the other three who were at the airport with him about the settlement; he needed a moment.“It will take a while before it really hits me and I adjust to the new normal.”Bill Bentley had been a Mountie for barely more than a year when he was dispatched to the Vancouver international airport terminal on Oct. 14, 2007, where reports had come in of a distraught man who smashed a small folding table against a glass wall and broke a computer in frustration.In the early days after Dziekanski’s death, RCMP spokesperson Sgt. Court of Appeal. RCMP Const. Kwesi Millington leaves court during a lunch break at his perjury trial in Vancouver, B.C., on March 10, 2014. ... Const. Their cases are ongoing.Bentley's notice of claim said the RCMP mismanaged information about the case and what happened, fuelling public perception of the officers' wrongdoing.To encourage thoughtful and respectful conversations, first and last names will appear with each submission to CBC/Radio-Canada's online communities (except in children and youth-oriented communities). Bill Bentley filed a notice of civil claim in B.C. Millington was sentenced to 30 months in jail, while Robinson was given a two-year sentence with one year of probation and 240 hours of community service.“I still feel numb to everything,” Bentley told Global News.Bentley launched a civil suit against the force in 2016, alleging the Mounties made him a “scapegoat” for public criticism. RCMP Constable Gerry Rundel, RCMP Constable Bill Bentley, RCMP Corporal Monty Robinson and RCMP Constable Kwesi Millington, the four men who killed Robert Dziekanski in Vancouver International Airport, have now been charged with perjury for lying about their actions to the inquiry into Robert Dziekanski’s death.
Thank God for that.
RCMP Constable Bill Bentley leaves court after the second day of his perjury trial in Vancouver on June 11, 2013. As a result of the RCMP's negligence, the claim said, Bentley "suffered permanent and irreparable harm including extreme embarrassment, loss of reputation, extreme stress resulting in disabling psychological and physical injury, personal expense and financial loss, and he will continue so to suffer."Const. at Royal Canadian Mounted Police Toronto, Canada Area 223 connections Officers located the man, Robert Dziekanski, who died after being confronted by the officers and Tasered multiple times.Bentley, who is still a member of the RCMP, was diagnosed with chronic post-traumatic stress disorder and major depressive disorder in June 2010, nearly three years after Dziekanski died.Prosecutors' attempts to overturn Bentley's acquittal were tossed out by the B.C. RCMP Const. Bill Bentley sued the Attorney General of Canada and the B.C. Pseudonyms will no longer be permitted.All four responding officers were charged with perjury following a subsequent public inquiry into Dziekanski's death, over testimony commissioner Thomas Braidwood called "patently unbelievable."The lawsuit also said an RCMP psychologist acted in a "rude and unprofessional manner" throughout his treatment as Bentley tried to work toward a return to his career.Former constable Kwesi Millington and former corporal Monty Robinson were convicted. Bill Bentley Police Officer (Cpl.) Bill Bentley had been a Mountie for barely more than a year when he was dispatched to the Vancouver international airport terminal on Oct. 14, … Gerry Rundel were acquitted."I am relieved that I can now move on with my life after 12 years of devastation," Bentley said in an email to CBC News the following Wednesday.With files from CBC's Manjula Dufresne and the Canadian PressDziekanski was moving to Canada to live with his mother in Kamloops, B.C., when he died. Sources confirm a settlement was reached on Friday.Millington and Rundel have filed similar lawsuits against the RCMP. In June 2016, Const. Bill Bentley and … These four men took all […] Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press Bentley, who is still a member of the RCMP, was diagnosed with chronic post-traumatic stress disorder and major depressive disorder in June 2010, nearly three years after Dziekanski died.