An Ontario judge has thrown out all evidence — including a seized firearm — against a man accused of spying on his female university tenants due to numerous Charter violations by Toronto Police.

Once Justice Brock Jones excluded videos found on the suspect’s phone and the non-restricted rifle with a loose trigger lock, there was no case left against accused voyeur Philip Rush.

But don’t blame the judge. Blame the sloppy police.

“What emerged from this hearing overall left me with the impression of police carelessness, negligence, and indifference to the officers’ obligations in general and Mr. Rush’s Charterrights in particular,” Brock wrote in his recent ruling.

It was an embarrassing cock up from the start.

In 2023, the police were investigating several complaints that the property

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