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Milroy agreed the scenario was possible, and said the multiple nasal fractures Abdi suffered could “certainly” have happened during the takedown.

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No notes were taken or disclosed of that meeting with the SIU, as the defence has already noted, though court heard a recording of a phone call Milroy had with an SIU lawyer on Jan. 17, 2017.

As Edelson characterized the call, which was recorded in Milroy’s office by SIU lead investigator Ralph Mahar, the SIU was “seeking information from (Milroy) as to whether or not they were going to go forward with a prosecution.”

In the 25-minute phone call played for court, Milroy explains his opinion to the SIU in the same manner he did through three days of court testimony this week.

“Can I say, ‘But for the blows to the face he would not have died’? No I cannot say that.

“There is sufficient physiological stress in all the events up to that point to account for his death. You do not have to add in the facial injuries for him to have died.”

Milroy then lays out his findings in greater detail with specific scenarios from the case.

“Let us assume that all that happened was he had the struggle in the café, he ran away, he was pepper-sprayed, and before he was confronted by police outside 55 Hilda St., would that of itself potentially have been sufficient for him to go into cardiac arrest? The answer is yes. It was.”

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The confrontation with Weir and Montsion in the doorway at 55 Hilda St., while Abdi was still upright, would also have been sufficient for him to suffer a heart attack.