She was a distinguished, proud and grateful 30-year veteran of the RCMP before it all, unjustly, came crashing down five years ago.
"I can only put it to the equivalent of travelling through the nine circles of hell," former RCMP deputy commissioner Barbara George said in an exclusive interview on the Global News program The West Block with Tom Clark.
The downward spiral began in 2007, when members of a House of Commons committee said she lied during testimony in a high-profile inquiry. Then a Liberal MP took to national airwaves to repeat the allegation that she committed perjury, and, finally, with her reputation in shambles, she was forced to resign from the force.
"I can only put it to the equivalent of travelling through the nine circles of hell," former RCMP deputy commissioner Barbara George said in an exclusive interview on the Global News program The West Block with Tom Clark.
The downward spiral began in 2007, when members of a House of Commons committee said she lied during testimony in a high-profile inquiry. Then a Liberal MP took to national airwaves to repeat the allegation that she committed perjury, and, finally, with her reputation in shambles, she was forced to resign from the force.