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‘Inexplicable’: Quebec officer given 15-day suspension for throwing away part of victim’s skull - Montreal | Globalnews.ca

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Sgt. Sébastien Plouffe threw part of motorcycle accident victim's skull into a ravine in 2021 .

The victim's mother found a piece of her son’s skull while searching for his cellphone at the site where he had died four days earlier .

An ethics board investigator and the officer had recommended suspensions of 10 and 15 days for two infractions, to be served concurrently.

The mother challenged the sentence on the grounds that it wasn't severe enough.

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