Innocent people may have been sent to jail because their prosecutions were based on evidence by four Winnipeg police constables caught up in corruption charges.

“Many of these accused who were eventually convicted may have served sentences already,” said Chris Gamby of the Criminal Defence Lawyers Association of Manitoba on Friday.

“There is no way to get that time back,” the lawyer said, calling it “disheartening.”

Defence counsel are being asked to go back through files and investigate cases that involve any of the officers — constables Elston Bostock, Vernon Strutinsky, Jonathan Kiazyk and Matthew Kadyniuk.

“Miscarriages of justice are to be investigated whenever possible,” Gamby said.

The case reviews are expected to add pressure to the justice system, which is already strained.

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