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Article: Cops hunt for 'desperate' MD
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- Winnipeg Free Press
- Article date:
- August 13, 2009
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Doctor charged with assaulting patient
Manitoba justice officials fought hard to keep a foreign doctor behind bars, saying he would likely flee Canada and never return to face serious criminal charges if released.
But the Crown's concerns were dismissed by a defence lawyer who claimed the accused posed a "non-existent" risk and a judge who ultimately agreed to free him.
Now the search is on for Walid Abdelhamid, 29, who is wanted on two Canada-wide warrants after vanishing without a trace shortly after regaining his freedom. He has been charged with sexually assaulting a teenage boy at the Health Sciences Centre in early June.
Winnipeg police went public with news of Abdelhamid's ...