UPDATED: Crown stays breach of trust charge against Mark Norman, cites no prospect of prosecution
OTTAWA – Federal prosecutors have requested that the charge of breach of trust against Suspended Vice-Admiral Mark Norman be stayed, citing “no reasonable prospect of conviction.”
Norman served as the second-in-command of the military until he was charged in March 2018 with breach of trust for allegedly leaking cabinet secrets in favour of Quebec-based Davie Shipbuilding in relation to a $700-million shipbuilding contract. Norman, who was suspended from the military as a result of the charge, has denied any wrongdoing.
Throughout the proceedings to date there have been a host of various procedural fights between Norman's legal team, which is headed by defence lawyer Marie Henein, and the federal government. The trial, if it went ahead, had the potential to expose damaging revelations about how big military contracts are awarded.
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