VICTORIA, British Columbia, May 7 (UPI) -- Four Mounties who fatally Tasered a man at the Vancouver airport are facing perjury charges for allegedly lying about the case.
British Columbia special prosecutor Richard Peck announced the decision Friday, Postmedia News reported, after reviewing the struggle with Robert Dziekanski on Oct. 14, 2007, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police investigation and the officers' testimony at an inquiry.
But Peck reaffirmed a 2008 decision that the Mounties would not be charged for the death itself because there was no "substantial likelihood of conviction."
Dziekanski died after Cpl. Benjamin Robinson and Constables Kwesi Millington, Bill Bentley and Gerry Rundel, responding to a report of a violent drunk, repeatedly shocked him with the stun gun.
Dziekanski, a Pole who spoke no English and had never flown before, could not find his mother, Zofia Cisowski, upon arriving at the airport. He stayed in a customs area for almost 11 hours and then, seeming delirious, began tossing furniture around, prompting the 911 call.
The Mounties Tasered him five times minutes after arriving on the scene, and Dziekanski died, handcuffed face-down on the floor.
Peck's decision overrules the recommendation of retired judge Thomas Braidwood, who condemned the officers in a report last June but called for no charges.
