3 w. ago Hockey Canada trial: Players failed to confirm woman's consent, Crown says

A Crown attorney criticized the suggestion that drinking, dancing or flirting signals sexual availability in her closing argument

Economics

3 w. ago Hockey Canada trial: Videos not evidence of complainant’s consent, Crown argues

Ontario Superior Court Justice Maria Carroccia is expected to deliver her ruling in the case on July 24

Sport

3 w. ago Crown expected to finish submissions in world junior sex assault trial

Prosecutors are expected to finish their closing submissions Friday in the sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team.

Society

3 w. ago Hockey Canada trial: Fear, not consent, drove woman's actions, Crown says

The Crown prosecuting five former junior hockey players accused of sexually assaulting a woman took aim at defence criticisms of her

Sport

3 w. ago Crown continues closing submissions in world junior sex assault trial

Prosecutors are expected to continue their closing submissions Thursday at the sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team.

Society

3 w. ago Hockey Canada trial: Crown says Michael McLeod 'set up' woman for group sex

When allegations of sexual assault against members of Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team were first investigated, player Michael McLeod volunteered to make a statement to London police. It’s what he didn’t say to now-retired Det. Stephen Newton on Nov. 17, 2018, that the Crown says should concern Superior Court Justice Maria Carroccia at the […]

Sport

3 w. ago Defence expected to wrap up final pitches to judge in world junior trial

Defence lawyers are set to continue their final pitches to the judge Wednesday in the sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team.

Sport

3 w. ago Hockey Canada trial verdict date set as defence questions woman's credibility

The lawyers representing five hockey players on trial for sexual assault called their accuser’s evidence “an exercise in fact-finding frustration.”

Sport

3 w. ago Defence takes aim at complainant’s credibility in Hockey Canada sex assault trial

LONDON, Ont. — A woman who alleges she was sexually assaulted by five hockey players in a London, Ont., hotel room was neither too drunk to consent nor an “automaton” incapable of making decisions, a defence lawyer argued Tuesday in closing submissions that took aim at the woman’s credibility. The woman described several different states […]

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3 w. ago Hockey Canada trial: Defence argues woman's story built on 'white lie'

It started, Michael McLeod’s defence lawyer said, with “a white lie.” It’s ended up in a London courtroom where five 2018 Team Canada junior hockey players are on trial over sexual assault allegations that David Humphrey called “preposterous.” Humphrey, the first of the five defence legal teams to give a closing argument, described the 27‑year‑old […]

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3 w. ago World junior trial will generate ‘big conversations’ for years as closing submissions begin

The high-profile sexual assault trial of five members of Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team will generate 'big conversations' for years to come, one advocate says.

Society