26-11-2018 20:50 via vancouversun.com

RCMP spokesman during Dziekanski death suffered from depression, inquest hears

A lawyer says an officer who became a key public figure for the RCMP when Robert Dziekanski died after a confrontation at Vancouver’s airport struggled with anxiety, depression and anger.
A coroner’s inquest began today into the death by suicide of Pierre Lemaitre, who was a sergeant with the Mounties when he died in July 2013.
Inquest counsel John Orr says the jury will hear from Lemaitre’s widow, Sheila Lemaitre, about challenges her 55-year-old husband faced arising from his
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