Ottawa firefighter Capt. Greg Wright, right, walks outside the Ottawa Courthouse on May 8, 2024.
A former Ottawa firefighter has been found not guilty of assaulting and choking a non-binary colleague during a ritualistic scuffle over the dinner dishes. Their captain has been found not guilty of threatening to discipline the alleged victim in an attempt to keep the incident under wraps. He was found not guilty Wednesday of threatening a rookie firefighter after an incident at a station.
Justice Mitchell Hoffman handed down his decision in an Ottawa courtroom Wednesday morning. The judge-alone criminal trial heard evidence from seven witnesses over 12 days in May. Capt. Greg Wright, 58, was accused of threatening to discipline the complainant, Ash Weaver, to prevent them from reporting the incident that unfolded on Sept. 14, 2022, at Station 47 on Greenbank Road in Barrhaven.
Weaver, who is non-binary, testified Einagel choked them with both hands during their altercation at the fire station's kitchen sink, lifted them off the ground and smashed their head into the countertop.intentionally wrapping his hands around Weaver's neck and gave an altogether different account of the scuffle. Another witness testified she saw Einagel place one hand on Weaver's throat, but for no more than a second.
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