Bodycam video of Ontario murder victim asking for restraining order played in court

Daniella Mallia stood nether a histrion connected Aug. 15, 2022, extracurricular her flat connected Finch Avenue and cried arsenic she told officers astir wherefore she wanted a restraining bid against her ex-boyfriend, Dylon Dowman.

The 23-year-old tin beryllium seen connected constabulary body-worn camera video telling Const. Sang Youb Lee and Const. Anson Alfonso, some of Toronto police, that her on-and-off fellow of 5 years harasses her — and she is afraid.

In tribunal connected Monday, Const. Lee testified astatine the first-degree execution proceedings for Dylan Dowman astir responding to the telephone that day. The assemblage camera footage was besides played.

In the video, Mallia is seen showing the officers her cellphone with substance messages that look to say, “You inactive breathing origin I accidental so,” and, “Ain’t nary coming backmost from death, your (sic) done. I committedness you that.”

The footage played showed Const. Alfonso telling her that constabulary instrumentality domestics precise seriously. “Depending connected what you say, if we find a transgression constituent attached to it, helium whitethorn beryllium arrested,” says Alfonso.

At first, Alphonso questions however she knows substance messages from a peculiar email code are Dowman. Mallia responds: “It’s him, that’s his iCloud. I cognize it’s him due to the fact that I don’t person different radical successful my beingness who propulsion the bull—- that helium does.”

Lee past tells Mallia that they’re going to telephone Dowman to archer him to halt contacting her. They besides archer her to determination connected with her life. “I’m trying, I’m trying,” says Mallia, her dependable cracking.

“If helium ever shows up here, fastener your door, telephone 911,” the officers caution her earlier saying they request a connection from her successful bid for investigators to laic charges.

Mallia asks astir making a statement, questioning whether Dowman volition decidedly beryllium charged if she makes one. “We don’t cognize wherever it’s going — close present it’s successful a grey area,” Alfonso says. Lee explains that if investigators determine to laic a charge, they volition request a statement. Alfonso tells Mallia they are not investigators and successful the end, it’s up to them.

Mallia past asks astir a restraining bid which she believes mightiness beryllium the champion way to spell and is told she volition person to spell to the Finch Avenue courthouse to get a bid bond. When Lee asks what makes her not privation to get Dowman charged, Mallia says done tears, “I’m not the benignant to enactment a Black antheral down bars. I’m not that girl. I don’t privation to bash this. I ne'er wanted to bash this. I lone did this due to the fact that I don’t consciousness safe. I can’t unbend anymore.”

Clearly upset, she decides successful the extremity not to springiness a statement. Const. Alfonso tells Mallia her information is fig one. “No 1 deserves to beryllium frightened similar this, you’re young,” says Lee.

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Mallia agrees to nonstop the officers the substance messages she’s received from Dowman and they archer her that they volition interaction him to pass him to enactment distant from her. “We’re decidedly going to springiness him a telephone and talk to him. My spouse has a mode of calling radical and mounting them straight,” says Lee, urging Mallia to spell to the courthouse to get a restraining order.

Lee testified that helium and Alfonso got into their constabulary car aft speaking with Mallia and aft they left, she sent them screenshots of the threats. Lee said Alfonso past called Dowman and told him to person nary interaction with his ex-girlfriend.

Lee said Dowman replied that Mallia wasn’t an ex-girlfriend, but alternatively an acquaintance. Dowman agreed helium would nary longer interaction her.

Later that afternoon, Lee said Dowman sent him an email which read: “Hello my sanction is Dylon Dowman, we spoke this afternoon, truthful Daniella keeps contacting me, and she admit lying to constabulary due to the fact that she was high, present are my screenshots.”

The assemblage has seen video surveillance taken from 2265 Jane St. 3 days later.

As Mallia is walking towards a courtyard astatine 2265 Jane St., a antheral is seen grabbing her astir the cervix from behind, earlier dragging her into an underground parkade, wherever she is held against her will. The antheral pulls a weapon retired of a backpack and points astatine her, arsenic she tries to escape. He blocks her way earlier shooting her aggregate times.

The man, whose individuality is astatine issue, past conceals the weapon and walks off. Video shows him walking down the street, getting onto a TTC autobus and going to a adjacent mall. Mallia was pronounced dormant astatine the scene.

Dylan Dowman has pleaded not blameworthy to first-degree murder. The proceedings continues.