A Mountie who got to know the man who later murdered 22 people in Nova Scotia told a public inquiry Tuesday he did not consider Gabriel Wortman a friend, even though he visited the killer’s rural home 15 or 16 times between 2007 and 2011.
Testifying under oath via video link, Const. Greg Wiley told the commission of inquiry that people following the case may have the wrong idea about the nature of his relationship with the killer, based on the number of times they met.
“He was never a personal friend of mine,” said Wiley, an RCMP member since 2006. “I only ever stopped (at his home) to see him as a community contact,” he added. “It’s someone that might point you in the right direction informally.”…