Mark Petkoff: John Sopinka Courthouse

John Sopinka Courthouse: This question dominated testimony for about two hours at the John Sopinka Courthouse in Hamilton on Tuesday. It was the first full day of the inquest into the death of 27-year-old Chanthachack, who was fatally shot by a Hamilton police officer while exiting a parking lot in a stolen van last year, according to CBC. Testifying Tuesday was Sgt. Mark Petkoff, who was one of four Hamilton Police Service officers positioned around an east-end parking lot on Feb. 13, 2012, watching a stolen van and If the officers were wearing plain clothes and driving unmarked vehicles, how was Phonesay Chanthachack supposed to know he was being stopped by police? At the centre of the inquest is Const. Ryan Tocher, who fired the fatal shots. It's the third time Tocher has been embroiled in controversy over his actions as a police officer. Tocher was also charged but found not guilty the beating of Po La Hay in a botched drug raid in May 2010. He was also cleared in 2007 after the shooting death of Cambodian refugee Soun Saing, who assaulted the owner of a pool hall. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.