Lawyer raises sex-fantasy theory at man’s trial in death of N.S. police officer
HALIFAX — A defence lawyer appeared to suggest Tuesday that an off-duty police officer died accidentally during a consensual sexual encounter inside a Halifax apartment after encouraging Christopher Garnier to choke her.
Dr. Matthew Bowes, Nova Scotia’s chief medical examiner, told Garnier’s second-degree murder trial that Catherine Campbell died of strangulation, and suffered head injuries including black eyes and a fractured nose.
Bowes said her body was found face down and partially decomposed.
Under cross examination, defence lawyer Joel Pink asked Bowes about “erotic asphyxiation” and presented a hypothetical scenario, describing a sexual encounter between “Mr. A and Ms. B.”