Robert Dziekanski: Const. Gerry Rundel acquitted of perjury

Constable Gerry Rundel has been acquitted of perjury after being accused of lying when he and three other officers gave testimony at a public inquiry into the death ofPolish immigrant Robert Dziekanski.

Dziekanskiwas stunned by a Taser at the Vancouver airport in 2007 and subsequently died.

In a statement on his acquittal, Rundel thankedMadam Justice Miriam Gropper for "seeing the truth."

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"In Octoberof 2007, four officers answered a 911 call at the airport," wrote Rundel."We responded as we were trained to. Sadly Robert Dziekanski lost his life. Since that date agendas have become more important thanthe truth."

Rundel hasbeen critical of the perjury charges and in his statement todaysays that the crown never should have been allowed to proceed with the trials when a review in 2010 seemed to clearthe four men of perjury and collusion.

Now that he has been cleared of wrong doing, he's asking that complaints he filed with the Officeof the Police Complaints Commissioner and the Attorney General's Office be investigated.

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Rundel is the second officer to be acquitted in the case. Const. Bill Bentley wasfound not guilty of perjury in 2013.

However RCMPConst. Kwesi Millington and Cpl. Monty Robinsonhaveboth been convicted of perjury.

They have not yet been sentenced.