In March 2021, Brian Nadler was charged after Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were called to the Hawkesbury and District General Hospital to investigate the death of 89-year-old Albert Poindinger of Pointe-Claire, Que. Nadler was a doctor at the hospital at the time.
This text is a translation of an article from CTV News.
A year later, in August 2022, the OPP charged Nadler with three additional counts of first-degree murder. Those charges stemmed from the deaths of Claire Briere, 80, of Rigaud, Que.; Lorraine Lalande, 79, of Hawkesbury, Ont.; and Judith Lungulescu, 93, of East Hawkesbury Township, Ont. At the time, the hospital said all of the victims were patients under Nadler’s care.
Last week, CTV News reported that Nadler was expected to be acquitted after the Crown attorney in the case failed to present any evidence when the trial began Tuesday.
“In light of this court’s evidentiary rulings, including the exclusion of the Crown’s expert evidence, there is no longer a reasonable prospect of conviction. The effect of this court’s evidentiary rulings is to exclude evidence of sufficient importance that the prosecution cannot proceed,” Crown attorney Robin Flumerfelt told the court Tuesday.
Nadler has maintained his innocence, with his lawyers saying in 2022 that all four victims died of COVID-19. Nadler has been free on bail for the past three years under several conditions, including a ban on practicing medicine.
