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Convictions against three Calgary police officers in an alleged corruption case should be thrown out because of late disclosure, one of their lawyers said Tuesday.

Defence counsel Paul Brunnen, who represents Bradford McNish, said he received disclosure of a pre-trial statement by the Crown’s key witness just last month, four months after his client was convicted.

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Brunnen said he and defence lawyers Jim Lutz and Pat Fagan will seek a judicial stay from Justice Bryan Mahoney, which would end their clients’ prosecutions.

“Had we had this information, we would have proceeded on a different basis,” Brunnen told Mahoney.

Crown prosecutors Leah Boyd and Julie Snowdon conducted an interview with Akele Taylor on Jan. 18, in advance of her testimony against McNish, Bryan Morton and Anthony Braile.

Notes of the interview taken by Det. Todd Nichol weren’t disclosed to the defence due to oversight.