Officer pleads guilty to old internal charges

TORONTO — The veteran Toronto police officer charged in connection with the killing of an alleged ex-warlord who was living in London, Ont., pleaded guilty to internal police charges years ago.

Const. Trevor Gregory was arrested by London police Tuesday and charged with breach of trust in relation to the June 21 death of Bill Horrace.

Gregory is the father of Keiron Gregory, 22, wanted for seconddegree murder in the shooting.

Police disciplinary hearing documents show Trevor Gregory pleaded guilty in 2016 to neglect of duty and insubordination following an incident in which a woman he arrested overdosed on pills.

London police continue to look for Keiron Gregory, along with three other suspects, for the shooting death of Horrace.

Police declined to detail the breach of trust allegations against the elder Gregory.

Investigators allege four men broke into Horrace’s home in London around 4:40 a.m. on June 21, shooting and killing him in front of his family.

Police have said they do not believe Horrace’s killing was related to the alleged war crimes he committed in Liberia. Horrace filed a refugee claim in Canada in 2002 and admitted he was part of Liberian President Charles Taylor’s army as a chaplain. Taylor is now serving a 50-year sentence for committing war crimes in neighbouring Sierra Leone.