Man accused of running over Toronto police officer apologizes in court
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TORONTO - A man accused of running over a Toronto police officer nearly three years ago offered a tearful apology to the man's family in court Thursday, saying he didn't mean to hurt the officer and wished he could bring him back. Umar Zameer - who testified he thought his family was about to be robbed at the time - told a packed courtroom he cannot stop thinking about the day Det. Const. Jeffrey Northrup died, and how things would have played out differently if he and his family had...

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