An 81-year-old Halifax dentist accused of physically assaulting child patients decades ago can’t mount a proper defence, according to his lawyer, because records have been destroyed and former assistants who might help his case can’t be called to testify.Dr. Errol Gaum has pleaded not guilty to eight charges that he assaulted six complainants in the 1970s and 1980s, and is scheduled to go on trial next month in Halifax provincial court.On Friday, his lawyer Stan MacDonald urged Judge Elizabeth B
An 81-year-old Halifax dentist accused of physically assaulting child patients decades ago can’t mount a proper defence, according to his lawyer, because records have been destroyed and former assistants who might help his case can’t be called to testify.Dr. Errol Gaum has pleaded not guilty to eight charges that he assaulted six complainants in the 1970s and 1980s, and is scheduled to go on trial next month in Halifax provincial court.On Friday, his lawyer Stan MacDonald urged Judge Elizabeth B