Tag: sexual assault
Crown in Hockey Canada sexual assault trial won’t appeal not-guilty verdicts
Five members of the 2018 Team Canada world junior championship squad were acquitted of sexual assault after a eight-week trial in London.
Former mayor facing sentencing for sex assaults given time to find lawyer
Trevor Birtch was granted an adjournment of his sentencing hearing for convictions stemming from his second sexual assault trial
Sims: Hockey Canada trial showed court is the ultimate reality check
Allegations are one thing. The truth is another. Rushing to judgment before a trial can bridge that gap is wrong, Jane Sims argues.
ANALYSIS: How the Hockey Canada case avalanched into controversy
A lawsuit. An outcry. A re-opened police probe. Allegations of group sexual assault by hockey players quickly snowballed, Jane Sims writes.
All five players acquitted in Hockey Canada sexual assault trial
Justice Maria Carroccia said she didn’t believe the complainant in the case against the players and that the Crown hadn’t proven its case.