At a bail review hearing on Aug. 21, the Crown argued the family was attempting to use their privilege to request a “different level of justice,” and the judge agreed.

“The fact that he’s gotten bail in my view is quite remarkable,” said Justice Herbert Rempel.

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    A Winnipeg couple living in the affluent Tuxedo neighbourhood learned that the criminal justice system applies equally to all those accused and out on bail despite their family’s financial circumstances.

    A 21-year-old man accused of multiple offences, including manufacturing 3D-printed guns, applied for a bail review in Manitoba’s Court of King’s Bench.

    “That alone was a great punishment for a decent and good middle-class young man with no prior offences, but since being released on bail to live with us, Daniel has been repeatedly traumatized by curfew checks at our home day and night,” wrote Bell’s father in an affidavit to the court.

    She said her son hasn’t been convicted of a crime and sees “no good reason why he should be subjected to being hounded by police on a regular basis … as well, my husband and I do not deserve to be punished and frightened, and we have a right to our privacy.”

    “The onus is on the person with the court order to inform their family or other residents they share a home with that they may receive frequent phone calls and/or door knocks from police,” said McKinnon.

    In a statement to CBC, Sutherland said he and his firm “denounce any abuse of power actioned by the state which includes a number of our office’s recent cases where police checks have become harassing and were later reduced by courts.”

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