By Canadian Press

Toronto neurosurgeon charged in the death of his wife denied bail

Aug 30, 2017 | 1:30 PM

TORONTO — A Toronto neurosurgeon charged with first-degree murder in the death of his wife has been denied bail.

Dr. Mohammed Shamji, 41, showed little emotion as he sat in a Toronto courtroom on Wednesday.

Shamji worked at Toronto Western Hospital and was a faculty member at the University of Toronto.

He was charged in December 2016 in the death of his wife, Dr. Elana Fric-Shamji.

The 40-year-old woman, a family physician at Scarborough Hospital, was last seen on Nov. 30.

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Her strangled and beaten body was later found in a suitcase by a roadside north of Toronto.

Police have said the couple, who were married for 12 years, had three young children.

 

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