Donovan Gardiner, a former police corporal convicted of the manslaughter of Desmond Key, is challenging a Supreme Court decision and his sentencing for the beating death of a man in police custody.
Key, 28, was rushed to the hospital just hours after his June 17, 2007 arrest when Gardiner bashed his skull in with a baseball bat at the Grove Police Station.
Key died at Princess Margaret Hospital from his injuries , seven months later, which were countered by complications caused by pancreatitis.
Gardiner, a 22-year veteran police officer, appeared before the appellate court on Wednesday to appeal his conviction and 10-year sentence.
However, Wayne Munroe, Gardiner’s lawyer, said he was not ready to proceed with the case, as he just received the transcripts from the trail.
Good excuse.
Munroe filed his skeleton arguments at the court on Tuesday. As a result, the Crown did not have an opportunity to file counter-arguments.
The appeal has now been postponed until May 16.
