Judge in sex assault case should have given corrective instruction to jury: lawyer

By Terry Davidson ( February 16, 2024, 9:50 AM EST) -- Ontario’s highest court has used a sex assault case to send a reminder that “just because a complainant has no known reason to lie does not mean their memories are necessarily accurate,” says the lawyer of a man given a new trial after it was found the judge failed to give “corrective instruction” to the jury following a Crown’s problematic closing argument....

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