{"id":778608,"date":"2026-07-03T23:11:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T23:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/778608\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T23:11:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T23:11:31","slug":"horrendous-toronto-police-allegations-linked-to-wedding-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/778608\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Horrendous\u2019 Toronto police allegations linked to Wedding case"},"content":{"rendered":"

New court documents detail an explosive link between \u201chorrendous\u201d allegations of corruption inside the Toronto Police Service<\/a> and the alleged cross-border drug empire of ex-Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The documents detail how investigators believed not only that suspected Wedding drug-runner Gurpeet Singh<\/a>\u00a0may directed the attempted murder plot against a Toronto jail official, but that he was also assisted by a supervisor at the jail \u2014 a woman with whom he allegedly had a prior romantic relationship.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The stunning allegations are contained in a document known as an \u201cinformation-to-obtain\u201d or ITO, filed in court in January by police as part of an application to conduct the sweeping raids related to the Project South investigation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Only a fraction of the ITO can be reported. Most of the document, which spans more than 500 pages, remains under an extensive publication ban that the Star and other media outlets are contesting in court, arguing the information is in the public interest.<\/p>\n

On Friday, Superior Court Justice Laura Bird said she would reserve her decision on the ban to a later date.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be clear, the allegations against these defendants, particularly the police officers, are horrendous,\u201d Bird said. \u201cThere\u2019s no question about the seriousness of the alleged conduct, and the public should be absolutely outraged if even a percentage of what is alleged is true.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The man at the centre of it all is Malik Cunningham \u2014 the alleged Toronto hit man who was picked up almost by chance in 2024.<\/p>\n

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The man at the centre of it all is Malik Cunningham \u2014 the alleged Toronto hit man who was picked up almost by chance in 2024.<\/p>\n

The ITO reflects what investigators believed about their targets at the time it was filed. None of the allegations have been proven or tested in court.<\/p>\n

Singh was an inmate inside the Toronto South Detention Centre last June, when three masked gunmen stormed the home of the jail official in an apparent contracted hit.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In the days following the botched assassination attempt, the newly released documents show how investigators homed in on Singh as an inmate with a potential motive.<\/p>\n

They allege in the documents that Singh \u201cmay have directed\u201d the hit on the jail official, using connections both inside and outside of the jail. (The official cannot be identified due to a publication ban).<\/p>\n

Project South eventually grew to encompass shocking allegations of corruption inside the Toronto Police Service. To date, the investigation has resulted in the arrests of 28 people, including seven active Toronto officers and one retired constable.<\/p>\n

Singh, however, is not among them. He remains in jail awaiting extradition to the U.S. on drug charges. He\u2019s accused of deploying couriers to move massive amounts of cocaine for Wedding, the ex-Canadian Olympian and alleged head of an international cocaine empire. Singh has not been charged in relation to the attempted murder.<\/p>\n

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Singh\u2019s lawyer, Brian Greenspan, emphasized this fact in an email to the Star.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cYour proposed standard cautionary note that the allegations in the (ITO) have not \u2018been tested in court\u2019 is grossly insufficient and misleading as Mr. Singh has not been charged with any offence months after the execution of the warrants,\u201d Greenspan wrote. \u201cThere is nothing to test and no court to test it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The plot to kill a Toronto South jail official<\/p>\n

In the newly released document, investigators allege that Nishwant Dosanjh, a corporal at the Toronto South \u2014 and, according to police, Singh\u2019s former romantic partner \u2014 photographed the licence plate of the jail official targeted in the attempted murder.<\/p>\n

The ITO says she then provided that photo to Singh, and the photo was then disseminated through Singh\u2019s \u201cassociates,\u201d and ultimately to veteran Toronto Const. Timothy Barnhardt. The documents allege Barnhardt then illegally searched the licence plate to obtain the jail official\u2019s address, which was then circulated within an alleged criminal network.<\/p>\n

a worrying trend in Toronto-area crime<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Among those listed in the ITO as a part of the alleged conspiracy to shoot the jail official is Keajean Doman, who is facing more than two dozen charges.<\/p>\n

The ITO also alleges that Doman carried out another shooting at a home in Vaughan in September three days after Barnhardt pulled the address from police databases.\u00a0<\/p>\n

After the Vaughan shooting, Doman was subsequently charged with six other shootings.<\/p>\n

The ITO describes Doman communicating with others about, among other things \u201cassembling a team for a job and firearms.\u201d However, the vast majority of those text exchanges remain under publication ban.\u00a0<\/p>\n

At Friday\u2019s court hearing, the Crown said the case is about organized crime groups who order gun violence, the people they recruit to carry it out, and the \u201ccorrupt sources\u201d they go to for information.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will defend these allegations in a courtroom where facts \u2014 not headlines \u2014 decide the outcome,\u201d one of Barnhardt\u2019s lawyers, Jason Dos Santos, told the Star in an email.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Star, media fight to unseal search warrant records<\/p>\n

After York and Toronto\u2019s police chiefs made the stunning announcement in February about the unprecedented allegations of corruption within the Toronto service, the Star and other media requested access to information about the search warrants York investigators had executed as part of Project South.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, the Crown applied to have parts of that document barred from publication, arguing it could impact the charged individuals\u2019 fair trial rights, among other reasons.<\/p>\n

Until late Thursday, the Star was preparing to publish a trove of information that was apparently not subject to the Crown\u2019s initial publication ban request.\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, just hours ahead of the Friday hearing, the Crown filed a corrected request, restricting most of the document from publication for the time being.<\/p>\n

The lawyer for the Star and other media was in court Friday arguing the information is in the public interest and should not be subject to a ban.<\/p>\n

Superior Court Justice Laura Bird said she would make a decision at a later, undetermined date.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think there\u2019s any dispute about the level of the concern the public ought to have in relation to these allegations,\u201d Bird said during the hearing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cQuite frankly, they\u2019re shocking and the public does need to know \u2026 It\u2019s simply a matter of timing.\u201d<\/p>\n

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