TORONTO - There are reports that a fatal beating at Toronto's Don Jail this past weekend may have been touched off by a squabble over a bag of allegedly stolen potato chips.
Police made the allegation Tuesday during a court appearance of three suspects charged with first-degree murder in the death of Jeff Munro, 32.
The attack occurred in an area of the jail where there are no surveillance cameras.
The Don Jail holds short-term prisoners who are generally either awaiting trial or sentencing.
But lawyer Barry Swadron says the decision to put Munro -- who struggled with mental illness and drug addiction -- into that jail was "outrageous."
Munro was put on probation early this month after spitting at a police officer and knocking her hat off, but ended up in the Don Jail after allegedly violating the terms of his probation order.
The men charged in the attack are Troy Victor Campbell, 24, Osman Sarikay, 22, and Kevin Andre Veiro, 21.
