The Crown\u0027s case fell apart when a key witness could not remember if Matthew Matchett had given him a secret memo
Matthew Matchett walked out of an Ottawa courthouse a free man after Justice Hugh McLean informed the jury hearing the breach of trust case about the Crown’s decision.The Crown’s case fell apart after its prime witness, longtime lobbyist Brian Mersereau, testified that he could not remember if Matchett had provided him with a secret memo to cabinet.
Crown prosecutor Mark Covan’s decision to stay the charge today comes more than three years after the Crown’s case against vice-admiral Mark Norman was also dropped. Both had been accused of leaking information about the Liberal government’s decision in late November 2015 to delay approval of a contract to lease a civilian vessel from a Quebec shipyard for the navy.Share this article in your social network
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