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CANADIANLAWYERMAG.COM/INHOUSE MAY 2016
O
n the morning of Oct. 17, 2012, David Potts got up as usual and went to his
job as solicitor for the City of Oshawa as if it was any other day. As diffi cult
as it might be for some to understand, it was important to him that he do that
— even though the night before he found himself the target of a volatile abduction by a
former municipal councillor who had held him at gunpoint for three terrifying hours.
On Oct. 15, David's wife Maureen, a teacher, had arrived home from a meeting in
their southern Ontario city around 10 p.m. Two of the couple's four children were at
home with her, while the two oldest were away at university. Maureen and David had
been text messaging each other earlier that evening about when they hoped each of them
would fi nally be home from their long days. David had been at a council meeting that
night. The couple have known each other since they were 14 years old. "Maureen is the
most beautiful person I have ever known," says David, a soft-spoken man who clearly
adores the love of his life. "I've been privileged to have been married to her for almost
26 years."
CROSS
HAIRS
IN THE
Three years ago, David Potts was the
target of a violent abduction — part of a
revenge plot by a former city councillor
who saw the legal adviser as the source
of his fi nancial and emotional problems.
The three-year ordeal is over and Potts is
focused on the future.
BY JENNIFER BROWN
MARK
BLINCH
