Over the weekend, the Toronto Star ran a story raising some new questions about the acquittal of Robert Baltovich, who walked away a free man last month after the prosecution’s case against him in the disappearance of his girlfriend, Elizabeth Bain, collapsed on the eve of his retrial. Derek Finkle, who wrote a book about the case, No Claim to Mercy, writes about how the prosecution came to make the decision to abandon the case, and an unnamed source “close to the case” is quoted saying some provocative things about how that decision came to be.
In other Baltovich-related news, the Attorney General said late last week that there will be no inquiry into the case. “I’ve concluded that another inquiry into this case will not provide additional information to strengthen the administration of justice beyond what we’re getting from the initiatives we have started,” said AG Chris Bentley. Baltovich’s lawyer, James Lockyer, however, disagreed, saying he was disappointed with Bentley’s decision: “I think an inquiry could have helped find her body and perhaps find the perpetrator.”