'We hope the community of Halifax will welcome him back and embrace him as an innocent man.''
A Crown prosecutor said"there is no longer a realistic prospect of conviction.''Glen Assoun, jailed for over 16 years for the knife murder of his ex-girlfriend in a Halifax parking lot, is seen at his daughter's residence in Dartmouth, N.S. on Feb. 28, 2019.
Earlier in the day, federal Justice Minister David Lametti quashed the conviction, saying Assoun should be granted a new trial because he was a victim of a miscarriage of justice. "Promoting a fair and impartial criminal justice system that respects the needs of victims while protecting against potential miscarriages of justice is crucial to furthering Canadians' confidence in our justice system,'' Lametti said in a statement.
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