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A discredited engineer lost his bid to keep parts of a report into the deadly collapse of the mall at Elliot Lake a secret until his criminal trial.

Robert Wood argued that the findings in the inquiry report could jeopardize his right to a fair trial on charges of criminal negligence causing death and bodily harm. That report is due by the end of October. Wood had signed off on the structural soundness of the Algo Centre Mall in an inspection report he altered to downplay the building’s state of disrepair.

Weeks after that report, part of the roof collapsed, killing two women and injuring several other people.