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Alberta Mountie found not guilty of using database to help Rwanda

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Digital, G. (2026, October 2). Alberta Mountie found not guilty of using database to help Rwanda. Global News. https://globalnews.ca/news/12085738/alberta-rcmp-eli-ndatuje-trial-verdict/

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RCMP Constable Eli Ndatuje has been acquitted of charges related to allegedly using a police database to assist Rwanda in unauthorized ways. The trial at Red Deer courthouse concluded with Ndatuje found not guilty under both the Criminal Code and the Security of Information Act. His lawyer, Robb Beeman, argued that Ndatuje’s interactions were for innocent purposes, such as assisting with travel document confusion and checking on a missing housekeeper who was later found safe.
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RCMP Constable Eli Ndatuje from Alberta was found not guilty after being charged with using a police database illegally to assist Rwanda. The charges, brought under both the Criminal Code and the Security of Information Act, alleged that Ndatuje, 39, used the database for unauthorized purposes related to Rwanda. Born in war-torn Uganda, Ndatuje moved to Ottawa as a teenager with his family.

Ndatuju was arrested by the RCMP’s federal policing team in February 2024; it identified Rwanda as the foreign actor involved in the case. During trial proceedings, lawyer Robb Beeman argued that Ndatuje had only interacted twice with the Rwandan High Commission for innocent reasons: first to clarify issues regarding his wife's travel documents and secondly to assist a friend from the commission who was concerned about the disappearance of a housekeeper at the Ottawa residence of the Rwandan ambassador.

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📰 Rwanda Database Trial
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Ottawa RCMP Rwanda Rwandan the Rwandan High Commission

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Ndatuje PERSON · 7× Ottawa GPE · 3× RCMP ORG · 2× Rwanda GPE · 2× Rwandan NORP · 2× the Rwandan High Commission ORG · 2× Alberta GPE · 1× Eli Ndatuje PERSON · 1× Red Deer GPE · 1× Uganda GPE · 1×

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On the second occasion, he said, Ndatuje was contacted by a friend at the Rwandan High Commission who was worried about the disappearance of a housekeeper who worked at the Ottawa residence of the Rwandan ambassador.
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Alberta Mountie found not guilty of using database to help Rwanda · assertive framing

Claims (14 extracted, 1 hedged)

A Mountie in Alberta accused of using a police database to help the country of Rwanda has been found not guilty. asserted
Mountie → accuse → Rwanda
RCMP Const. Eli Ndatuje was on trial at the Red Deer courthouse after being charged under the Criminal Code and the Security of Information Act for alleged illegal use of the police database. asserted
Ndatuje → charge → database
Ndatuje, 39, and his family fled war-torn Uganda and moved to Ottawa when Ndatuje was a teenager. asserted
Ndatuje → flee → Ottawa
Ndatuje was arrested in February 2024 by the RCMP’s federal policing team. asserted
Ndatuje → arrest → team
It identified Rwanda as the alleged “foreign actor” involved in the case. asserted
It → identify → case
Get daily National news Mounties at the time did not provide details on Ndatuje’s duties or the type of information allegedly accessed, but said the records involved were not top secret. uncertain
records → get → information
During the trial, lawyer Robb Beeman told court his client was in touch with the Rwandan High Commission twice and both times for innocent purposes. asserted
client → tell → purposes
The first time, he said was in April 2022. asserted
he → say → April
He said it was for Ndatuje to clear up some confusion over his wife’s travel documents. asserted
Ndatuje → say → documents
On the second occasion, he said, Ndatuje was contacted by a friend at the Rwandan High Commission who was worried about the disappearance of a housekeeper who worked at the Ottawa residence of the Rwandan ambassador. asserted
who → say → ambassador
Beeman said his client told the friend to report the disappearance to police in Ottawa. asserted
client → say → Ottawa
He said Ndatuje, on his own initiative, then checked the police database to see if anyone had reported the housekeeper missing. asserted
housekeeper → say → database
There was no record of the housekeeper being missing, and the man was later found unharmed. asserted
man → be → ?
Bill McCrimmon, a foreign service officer from Global Affairs Canada, testified the department got a call from the Rwandan high commissioner about the missing housekeeper. asserted
department → testify → housekeeper
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