Nova Scotia's justice minister has referred the case of Nicole Doucet Ryan, the school teacher who tried to hire a hit man to kill the husband she said was abusing her, to the federal Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP.
Ross Landry told reporters on Wednesday that the commission is being asked to review the RCMP's handling of calls for assistance for Doucet, the last name she now goes by. She had been arrested in March 2008 and was charged with counselling an undercover police officer to kill Michael Ryan.
Landry made the announcement amid an increasing number of calls for an inquiry into the case, which attracted national attention last month when the Supreme Court of Canada ordered a stay of proceedings for Doucet and said it would be unfair to subject her to a new trial.
"I am referring this matter for independent review not because of what I read in the RCMP report, but because of what I heard from Nova Scotians," Landry said in a statement.
"Nova Scotians are calling for an independent process."
The Supreme Court of Canada decision criticized the RCMP's handling of Doucet's case, saying it was "disquieting" that it "seems the authorities were much quicker to intervene to protect Mr. Ryan than they had been to respond to her request for help in dealing with his reign of terror over her."
Doucet said in court she called the RCMP numerous times to complain about the alleged abuse, only to be told it was a civil matter. She argued that hiring a hit man, who turned out to be an undercover officer, was the only way to save herself and her daughter.
The RCMP said it reviewed every call that officers received from Doucet and her husband, and there was only one time Doucet told police about specific allegations of violence or abuse.
"On one occasion when she contacted us, it was regarding a threat that Michael Ryan had made to her. In that case, we did lay a charge against Michael Ryan. The court placed him on conditions as a result of that and we seized firearms," RCMP Assistant Commissioner Alphonse MacNeil said last week.
"The other calls she made to us, on no occasion was her safety threatened at that time and we responded in every case. She did not give us a statement saying Michael Ryan had caused any of the violent activity around her that reported through the courts."
Michael Ryan has also spoken out since the Supreme Court of Canada decision, and said the courts branded him a "violent, abusive and controlling husband" who subjected his wife to a "reign of terror" without ever giving him a chance to refute those allegations in a courtroom.
"It's important that Nova Scotians, especially those experiencing domestic violence, know that they can go to police for help," Landry said.
"I hope that an independent review can put any doubts and questions victims have to rest."
The Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP is an independent agency created by Parliament, and is not part of the police force.
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