Mom who was wrongly jailed over her daughter's death claims cops used string of terrifying tactics to frame her

A Toronto mother who was acquitted of murdering her abnormal teenage daughter, has launched a staggering $10 cardinal suit against nan constabulary who pursued her for 13 agelong years.

Cindy Ali, on pinch her husband, Allan, revenge nan bombshell declare 8 months aft her affectional acquittal successful nan decease of their 16-year-old daughter, Cynara, arsenic reported by the Toronto Star.

The suit alleged that Toronto constabulary were 'determined to convict' her during their relentless year-long investigation.

The incident occurred connected February 19, 2011, erstwhile Ali made a frantic 911 telephone claiming 2 masked men had invaded her Scarborough townhouse.

When first responders arrived, they recovered Cynara, who suffered from cerebral palsy, 'without captious signs'.

But what followed was a nightmare that would lead Ali to beryllium convicted of first-degree murder. 

She was sentenced to life successful situation - earlier yet acquitted successful a melodramatic retrial that near moreover nan judge uncertain astir 'the truth of nan matter'.

Detective Frank Skubic has been accused of refusing to judge Ali's communicative of a location invasion, and alternatively quickly processing a mentation that she 'fabricated nan location penetration communicative to screen up her engagement successful Cynara's death,' per The Star.

However, Ali claims successful her suit that nan consequent probe into nan penetration was botched by authorities. 

'The investigation into nan location penetration was conducted to discredit its occurrence,' nan filing alleges. 'Officers took small attraction to unafraid nan segment successful nan hours pursuing nan event, and nan forensic squad neglected to return fingerprint aliases DNA samples from respective surfaces that Cindy said nan location invaders touched.' 

The suit claimed constabulary whitethorn person planted a mysterious missive successful nan Ali family's mailbox, purportedly from nan 'home invaders' claiming they 'got nan incorrect house'.

'The Plaintiffs suspect, successful ray of consequent events, that it was concocted and planted by (Toronto police) astatine Skubic's direction,' nan suit claimed.

Additionally, undercover officers allegedly group up a clone title astatine a shopping mall, offering Ali's different girl a travel to Niagara Falls - each to summation concealed entree to nan family's location and works surveillance devices.

'None of nan months' worthy of surveillance, telephone intercepts, aliases in-home probes were produced arsenic grounds against Cindy astatine her 2023 retrial,' nan filing claims was nan consequence of nan invasive probe. 

The suit named nan City of Toronto, nan Toronto Police Services Board, erstwhile homicide detective Frank Skubic and Toronto Fire skipper Semahj Bujokas arsenic defendants, according to nan outlet.

Toronto Fire skipper Semahj Bujokas was besides accused of kicking Ali astatine nan segment and displaying 'aggressive behavior' that shocked different first responders.

'There are nary footprints, don't bulls*** me,' nan firefighter said.

The investigation, dubbed 'Project Litoria,' progressive intercepting communications of much than 20 people, search nan family's movements and moreover referencing nan infamous lawsuit of Robert Latimer, a Saskatchewan husbandman convicted of sidesplitting his abnormal girl successful 1993.

But nan business didn't extremity pinch Ali's arrest. 

She spent 4 years down bars, during which she claims to person attempted termination twice.

It wasn't until 2021 that her condemnation was quashed connected appeal, starring to nan retrial that yet saw her acquitted successful January 2024.

The suit seeks a whopping $8 cardinal from Skubic and nan Toronto Police Services Board for negligent investigation and mendacious imprisonment.

The filing besides demands an further $2 cardinal from nan City of Toronto and Bujokas for a litany of alleged misdeeds including artillery and maltreatment of power.