Before an unusually crowded courtroom at the defamation trial of former Common Councillor John Ferguson, his defence lawyer Rod Gillis began his cross examination of city solicitor John Nugent.
Nugent testified while no close friends challenged him about the board's activities, thousands of strangers certainly made judgements. He told the court of overhearing conversations with people saying Ferguson was astute and on to something with his theories on the plan.
Nugent became a pension board trustee in 2003 and Gillis calculated Nugent's pension at $1.7 million dollars. Nugent told the jury he had no idea whether that was true because he hasn't calculated it.
Nugent claims the investment strategies under his watch and says the accusation trustees were stealing money eroded trust but Gillis countered by pointing out Ferguson never said that.
