Stan Koebel's lawyer said his client never set out to deceive anyone during the E-coli disaster in Walkerton, Ontario. Bill Trudell made his closing arguments at the Walkerton inquiry on August 21st. Trudell argued his client wasn't sophisticated enough to set out to mislead the public. (Koebel admitted to falsifying water reports and was accused of failing to sound the alarm when people started getting sick.)

Date: 2001-08-21
Placeline: WALKERTON, Ontario.
Source: The Canadian Press
Length: 23 seconds

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